Greenland, still coveted by Donald Trump. “He is very serious about this topic,” says the Danish prime minister
Mette Frederiksen, Photo: Ida Marie Odgaard / AFP / Profimedia Images
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Saturday that US President Donald Trump's ambition to acquire Greenland has not diminished, reports DPA, taken over by Agerpres.
Although the prospect of a conflict between NATO allies over the Arctic island, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, has receded in recent weeks, Mette Frederiksen said the crisis is not over.
“I think the desire of the American president is exactly the same. He is very serious about this topic,” she told a panel at the Munich Security Conference.
The moderator of this panel asked the head of government in Copenhagen if there is a price for which Denmark would be willing to sell Greenland to Trump. “Of course not. Can you put a price on a part of Spain? Or a part of the US?”, she replied.
“We have to protect sovereign states. We have to protect people's right to self-determination. And the people of Greenland have been very clear: they don't want to become Americans,” added the head of the Danish government.
She said she supports an increase in NATO's presence in Greenland to protect the Arctic, one of the main reasons advanced by Trump to try to gain American control of the resource-rich island.
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At a meeting in Davos last month, Trump withdrew his threats to use military force to occupy Greenland and also dropped punitive tariffs announced against several European countries that opposed his move.
The US, Denmark and Greenland are discussing the future of the island in various formats, including at the Munich Security Conference.
