The Danish Prime Minister affirmed this Wednesday, January 15 to Donald Trump that it was up to Greenland to decide its independence itself, after the declarations of the American president-elect on the takeover of this autonomous Danish territory, indicated in a communicated the office of Mette Frederiksen.
Mette Frederiksen said she spoke on the phone with Donald Trump, and referred to the statement by Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute Egede, who said “Greenland was not for sale” and that he belonged to this territory “himself to decide on his independence”. Speaking to public broadcaster DR, Mette Frederiksen clarified that the conversation had been “long and frank”.
During Wednesday’s phone call, Prime Minister Frederiksen “stressed the importance of strengthening security in the Arctic” and indicated that Denmark was “ready to take greater responsibility in this regard.”
Greenland announces it has started a “dialogue” with Donald Trump
Last week, Donald Trump, who will take office on January 20, refused to rule out military intervention to seize the Panama Canal and Greenland. In an interview with Fox News this weekend, Vice President-elect JD Vance noted that the United States has already “troops in Greenland”stationed in a military base located in the northwest of the big island.
-Monday January 13, Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute Egede clarified that the territory was not against strengthening ties with Washington, according to Greenlandic public radio and television KNR.
“We need to do business with the United States. We began to engage in dialogue and seek opportunities for cooperation with Mr. Trump,” Greenland’s Prime Minister said at a press conference.
In addition to its strategic location, Greenland, which seeks independence from Denmark, has vast untapped mineral and oil reserves. It was in 2019, during his first term, that Donald Trump first made known his wish to buy the territory. An offer that Greenland and Denmark had rejected.
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