The Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksenbelieves that the American president, Donald Trumpstill intends to take over Greenlanddespite the fact that the Republican has lowered the tone of his threats to annex the Arctic island by force.
Questioned this Saturday at a security conference in Munich about whether Trump still wanted to take over GreenlandFrederiksen responded: “Unfortunately, I think the desire is the same”.
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“Everyone asks us if we think it’s over. No, we don’t think it’s over“, said Frederiksen.
Pressure on Greenland residents ‘unacceptable’
Mette Frederiksen and its Greenlandic counterpart, Jens-Frederik Nielsenthey pointed out that the pressure on the island’s inhabitants was “unacceptable.”
Nielsen qualified that “some steps in the right direction had been taken, in reference to the working group formed by United States, Denmark and Greenland to debate Washington’s concerns about security in the arcticbut the details have not been made public.
“Now we have a working group, okay. We will try to see if we can find a solution…But of course, There are red lines that will not be crossed. And we will remain faithful to our strategy,” said the Greenlandic Prime Minister.
Frederiksen and Nielsen They met on Friday with the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubioon the sidelines of the security conference, a meeting described as “constructive” by the president of the Arctic island.
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Greenland, a vital territory for US security: Trump
The plans of Trump about taking the island they have raised the tension between the United States and Europe.
Last month, he backed down on his threats to take over that autonomous territory of Denmark after achieving what he described as framework agreement with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte.
Donald Trump insists that Greenlandrich in natural resources, is vital to the security of the United States and the I’LL TAKE in front of Russia and China.
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