NUUK, Greenland– Danish Head Of State Mette Frederiksen is taking a trip to Greenland on Wednesday for a three-day journey focused on developing the trust fund of Greenlandic authorities each time that the Trump management is looking for control of the substantial Arctic region.
Head Of State Mette Frederiksen introduced prepare for her see after united state Vice Head of state JD Vance saw a united state air base in Greenland recently and accused Denmark of underinvesting in the region.
Greenland is a mineral-rich, strategically critical island that is ending up being a lot more available as a result of environment modification. Trump has claimed that the landmass is crucial to united state protection. It belongs to The United States and Canada yet is a semiautonomous region coming from the Kingdom of Denmark.
Frederiksen results from fulfill the inbound Greenlandic leader, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, after a political election last month that created a brand-new federal government. She is likewise to meet the future Naalakkersuisut, the Cupboard, in a go to as a result of last via Friday.
” It has my inmost regard just how the Greenlandic individuals and the Greenlandic political leaders take care of the fantastic stress that gets on Greenland,” she claimed in federal government declaration introducing the see.
On the schedule are talks with Nielsen regarding teamwork in between Greenland and Denmark.
For many years, individuals of Greenland, with a populace of regarding 57,000, have actually been pursuing ultimate self-reliance from Denmark.
The Trump management’s risks to take control of the island one means or the various other, potentially despite army pressure, have actually outraged numerous in Greenland and Denmark. The inbound federal government intends to take a slower method on the inquiry of ultimate self-reliance.
The political team in Greenland most supportive to the united state head of state, the Naleraq celebration that promotes a speedy course towards self-reliance, was left out from union talk with develop the following federal government.
Peter Viggo Jakobsen, associate teacher at the Danish Protection Academy, claimed recently that Trump management’s ambitions for Greenland can backfire and press the a lot more light celebrations more detailed to Denmark.
He claimed that “Trump has actually terrified most Greenlanders far from this concept regarding a close partnership to the USA due to the fact that they do not trust him.”
