Greenland's outgoing prime minister said Thursday that he plans to summon the leaders of all parties in the territory to issue a joint rejection of the effort of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, to take control of the Arctic Island.
During a Thursday Oval office meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Trump said the American control of Greenland could be important for national security reasons and even suggested that NATO should participate.
When a journalist asked him about the United States that he took over Greenland, Trump said: “I think it will happen.”
Greenland's outgoing prime minister, Múte Egede, responded to Trump's recent comments In a Facebook postwriting: “enough is enough.”
“Now the US president has once again evoked the idea of annexing us. I can't accept that, ”Egede wrote.
He said he had summoned the leaders from all parties to join “because this time we need to adjust our rejection of Trump.”
“Don't keep treating us with disrespect,” he added.
During his meeting on Thursday, Trump said he was “with the man who could be very instrumental” to help the United States acquire Greenland, referring to Rutte, and told him that the United States needs the island for “national security.”
“I think that's why NATO could have to get involved in a way because we really need Greenland for national security. It's very important, “Trump said.
Routte did not comment directly on Trump's comments on Greenland, but said he didn't “want to drag NATO” to the subject.
“We know that things are changing there, and we have to be there,” Routte added.
After conversation, Danish politician Rasmus Jarlov Led to social networks To say that Denmark “did not appreciate” the boss of NATO “joking with Trump about Greenland.”
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“It would mean the war between two NATO countries. Greenland has just voted against the immediate independence of Denmark and never wants to be American, ”added Jarlov.
Trump also said Thursday that Greenland's choice was “very good” for the United States and “the person who did the best is a very good person, as far as we are concerned.”
Jens-Frederik Nielsen's demokraatit, a pro-negocio party that favors a slow path to independence, won in the parliamentary elections of Greenland on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Nielsen, 33, withdrew Trump's comments on the acquisition of Greenland “in one way or another.”
“We don't want to be Americans. No, we don't want to be Danish. We want to be Greenlanders, and we want our own independence in the future ”, Nielsen He told Sky News. “And we want to build our own country for ourselves.”
Trump has been talking about the acquisition of Greenland since he assumed the position for the second time in January.
During his speech before Congress at the beginning of this month, Trump said his administration was “working with all those involved to try to obtain it”, referring to his wishes to acquire Greenland of Denmark, an American ally for a long time.
“We firmly support your right to determine your own future, and if you wish, we welcome you to the United States of America,” Trump told half of his 90 -minute speech. “We will keep you safe. We will make you rich. And together we will take Greenland to heights as I had never believed possible.
“It is a very small population, but a piece of land very, very large. And very, very important for military security. “
Egede, the outgoing prime minister of Greenland, responded to Trump's comments in his speech before Congress, saying: “Kalaallit Nunat is ours”, using Greenland for the “land of the people” or the “land of the Greenlandists.”
On January 20, Trump said: “Greenland is a wonderful place, we need it for international security. I am sure that Denmark will come, it is costing a lot of money to keep it, keep it. “
Egede also addressed those comments in January.
“We are Greenlandés,” he said. “We don't want to be Americans. Nor do we want to be Danish. Greenland's future will be decided by Greenland. Our country and our people will decide what happens to Greenland. ”
Trump doubled and said he would not rule out the use of strength or economic pressure to make Greenland, a semi -autonomous territory of Denmark, an American ally for a long time and a founding member of NATO, part of the United States. Trump said it was a matter of national security for the United States.
Greenland is home to a large American military base. Trump has put doubts about the legitimacy of Denmark's claim to Greenland.
In February, the US Republican representative UU. Buddy Carter, Buddy Carter, presented a new bill that, if approved the camera and the Senate, would give Trump the power to enter negotiations with Denmark to acquire Greenland and change it.
“The United States has returned and will soon be bigger than ever with the addition of red, white and blue,” Carter said in a statement. “President Trump has correctly identified the purchase of what is now Greenland as a national security priority, and we will proudly welcome his people to unite the freer nation to have existed when our chief negotiator assaulted this monumental treatment.”
Carter's proposal offers the Office of the Secretary of the Interior six months after the possible approval of the bill to ensure that federal documents are updated to reflect the new name of “Red, White and Blueland”.
Trump initially expressed interest in Greenland in 2019 during his first term in office. He said that Greenland was “hurting Denmark very badly” and that it cost US $ 700 million a year. Its solution was to make the United States acquire Greenland, calling it “a great real estate agreement.”
– With Associated Press files
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