"President Trump says the United States will get Greenland. Let me be clear: the United States does not realize this. We don't belong to anyone. We decide our own future.” he wrote Jens-Frederik Nielsen on social media.
‘We shouldn't respond with fear. We must respond calmly, with dignity and unity," he added.
Greenland and the USA. Prime Minister responds to Trump's words
The Prime Minister of Greenland indicated that the values he mentioned would show the president of the United States that “Grenland belongs to us”.
"That was yesterday. It is today. And so it will be in the future," he stressed.
The Prime Minister's entry was an answer to message by Donald Trump. In an interview with NBC News, the president of the United States stated that “We'll get Greenland. Yeah, 100 percent.‘.
– It is very possible that we could do this without military force – he said. – I never regulation out military force.. But I think there are good chances that we can do this without her," he added.
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Greenland is targeted. Trump's demands are getting louder
After winning the presidential election Donald Trump stated that for U.S. security, an annexation of Greenland is needed. In fresh weeks, these words have been getting more and more frequent, causing outrage to the authorities and inhabitants of the island.
On Friday, an American military base on the Danish island visited Vice president of the USA J. D. Vance. – Our allies in Europe they are not keeping up with the safety of Greenland – said, duplicating Trump's narrative.
Donald Trump had already said during his first word that he was curious in taking control of the island. Greenland is an autonomous territory dependent on Denmark. It belongs to NATO and the Arctic Council, both being recognized by the global community, including the US.
The Danish 179-member Folketing Parliament has 2 representatives elected in Greenland. The island besides has its 31-mandate parliament and government with the Prime Minister and ministers.
Currently, Greenlandic politicians conduct their global policy in agreement with Copenhagen, though For years there have been discussions on expanding Greenland’s powers on this issue. A 90 percent native Inuit population, the island has its coat of arms, which is simply a polar bear, a flag and an anthem entitled “Our old country”.
Despite its dependence on Denmark, Greenland has its own diplomatic representations in respective countries.
Source: Reuters, Interia, PAP
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