“INTERNATIONAL PEACE”
“I believe we’d like that for worldwide peace, and if we do not have that it is a massive menace to our world. So I believe Greenland is essential for worldwide peace,” Trump advised reporters on Thursday throughout a press convention alongside Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Retailer.
In a press release asserting the go to, the Danish authorities stated that cooperation between Greenland and Denmark could be the “focus” of Nielsen’s go to.
“We should help one another within the tough international coverage state of affairs Greenland and the Kingdom are in proper now,” stated Frederiksen.
US Vice President JD Vance additionally paid a go to to Greenland in March, which each Nuuk and Copenhagen seen as a provocation.
Throughout his journey to the Pituffik US army base, Vance castigated Denmark for not having “finished job by the folks of Greenland”.
“You could have under-invested within the folks of Greenland and you’ve got under-invested within the safety structure of this unimaginable, stunning landmass,” he advised a press convention.
Danish Overseas Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen responded on social media: “We’re open to criticisms, however let me be utterly sincere, we don’t respect the tone by which it is being delivered.”
Nielsen himself stated that “america won’t get Greenland”.
“We do not belong to anybody else. We determine our personal future,” he added in a Fb put up.
Throughout his go to to Copenhagen, which can final two days, Nielsen may even meet Denmark’s King Frederik and representatives of the Danish parliament.
In a separate assertion, Denmark’s Royal Home stated the king would then accompany Nielsen again to Greenland for a go to to the Arctic island.
Polls present a overwhelming majority of Greenland’s 57,000 folks wish to turn into impartial from Denmark however don’t want to turn into a part of the US.
