The eldest son of President-elect Donald Trump will visit Greenland, the Danish Foreign Ministry said on Monday, two weeks after his father hinted at the sovereignty of the autonomous Danish territory.
We have taken note of Donald Trump Jr.’s planned visit to Greenland
wrote to theAFP Danish diplomacy, specifying that it was not a question of an official American visit
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Just before Christmas, Donald Trump said: For national security and freedom throughout the world, the United States of America believes that ownership and control of Greenland makes it an absolute necessity.
The government of the immense Arctic island then responded that it was not for sale, in accordance with its response to similar statements by Trump in 2019.
The visit of Donald Trump Jr., no details of which have been made public, is private, a Greenlandic diplomat, Mininnguaq Kleist, told Danish public television DR.
According to Mr. Kleist, Donald Trump Jr., known to be very close to his father, should not meet Greenlandic officials during his stay.
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Approximately 800 kilometers separate Nuuk (in this image) from the city of Iqaluit.
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On Wednesday, the Greenlandic Prime Minister, Mute Egede, was due to meet King Frederik X in Copenhagen, but this meeting was postponed for scheduling reasons, according to the local press.
In his wishes, the head of government of Nuuk affirmed that his country must do a step forward
and shape its future particularly with regard to [ses] business partners and people with whom [il devrait] work closely together
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Our cooperation with other countries and our trade relations cannot continue to be carried out only through Denmark
added Mute Egede.
An autonomous territory, Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Recently, Frederik
