Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen mentioned on Tuesday (Jan 28) that she had given full backing to the precept of sustaining respect for worldwide borders, following conferences with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and North Atlantic Treaty Group chief Mark Rutte.
“I’m happy if the survey is an expression that many Greenlanders wish to see a continued shut cooperation with Denmark. Most likely in a unique kind than what we all know at present, as a result of the whole lot modifications over time,” she informed Berlingske in response to the ballot.
Denmark mentioned on Monday that it might spend 14.6 billion crowns (US$2.04 billion) on boosting its army presence within the Arctic.
Greenland – with a land mass bigger than Mexico and a inhabitants of 57,000 – was granted broad self-governing autonomy in 2009. This included the proper to declare independence from Denmark by way of a referendum.
Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede, who has stepped up a push for independence, has repeatedly mentioned the island just isn’t on the market and that it’s as much as its individuals to resolve their future.
The US army has a everlasting presence on the Pituffik Area Base in northwestern Greenland, a strategic location for its ballistic missile early-warning system, because the shortest route from Europe to North America runs by way of the island.
