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”Danish diplomacy wrote to AFP, specifying that it was not a question of “an official American visit”.
Just before Christmas, Donald Trump judged that “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, echoing its response to similar statements by Trump in 2019.
Donald Trump Jr's visit, 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. On Wednesday, 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.
Step forward”
During 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 (its) business partners and the people with whom we should work closely”. “Our cooperation with other countries and our trade relations cannot continue to be carried out only through Denmark”insisted Mr. Egede.
An autonomous territory, Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Recently, Frederik
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