The Danish Prime Minister told Donald Trump on Wednesday January 15 that it was up to Greenland to decide its own independence, after the declarations of the American president-elect on the takeover of this autonomous Danish territory, said in a press release Mette Frederiksen’s office.
The latter indicated that she had spoken on the telephone with Donald Trump, and that she had referred to the declaration of Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute Egede, the latter having declared “Greenland was not for sale” […] and that it was up to this territory “itself to decide on its independence”. Mette Frederiksen told public broadcaster DR that the conversation had been “long and frank”.
Donald Trump, who will take office on January 20, refused last week to rule out military intervention to seize the Panama Canal and Greenland. Vice President-elect JD Vance, in an interview this weekend on Fox News, noted that the United States already has “troops in Greenland” at a military base northwest of the Great Greenland. island.
-Strengthening Arctic Security
During Wednesday’s phone call, Mette Frederiksen “underlined the importance of strengthening security in the Arctic” and indicated that Denmark was “ready to take greater responsibility in this regard.”
On Monday, Mute Egede indicated that the territory was not against strengthening ties with Washington, according to Greenlandic public broadcaster KNR. “We need to do business with the United States. We have started to engage in dialogue and seek opportunities for cooperation with Donald Trump,” Greenland’s Prime Minister said at a press conference.
