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On Thursday, the outgoing Prime Minister of Greenland said he would ask party leaders to reject plans to affiliate the island’s territory, following a recent comment by US President Donald Trump on the matter.
In a news briefing at the Oval Office with NATO Secretary General Mark Rod in early Thursday, the president expressed confidence that Greenland’s US occupation would be “.”
Responding to a journalist’s question about his vision to affiliate the area, Trump said, “I think it will happen.”
“We need it for international security. Not just security, international, “he added.
Rota did not comment directly on Trump’s statement, saying he did not want to “drag NATO” in the matter.
However, it recognized the importance of securing the Arctic region. “We know things are changing there, and we have to stay there.”
According to Reuters, the Prime Minister of Greenland, silently, withdrew Trump’s comments in a post on Facebook, saying, “The US president has once again broadcast the idea of annexation.”
He added, “enough.”
Egeda said he had requested party leaders to be summoned to reject Trump’s plan.
Jeans Frederick Nelson, the leader of the island’s Pro Business Democrat Party, who won the parliamentary elections near Greenland on Tuesday, also rejected the comments.
According to Reuters, Nelson wrote on Facebook, “Trump’s statement by the United States is inappropriate and only once again it appears that we should stand in such a situation.”
After the Greenland elections this week, a race was dominated by the risk of Trump’s affiliation and the growing calls of residents for independence from Denmark.
Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to connect Greenland, which is home to about 57 57,000 people. All the dominant parties in the Greenland parliament have said that they do not want the area to become part of the United States.
Denmark ruled Greenland as a colony until 1953, when the island gained maximum governance powers. Then, in 2009, he obtained more powers related to minerals, policing and law courts. But Denmark still controls security, defense, foreign and monetary policy. Greenland also benefits from Denmark’s EU and NATO membership.
The idea of annexing this territory of Trump has highlighted the region’s elections internationally and has raised questions about its security as the United States, Russia and China to influence the Arctic.
