Head of US diplomacy guarantees that annexation of Greenland “will not happen”

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rejected the idea of ​​annexing Greenland proposed by Donald Trump.

“The idea expressed about Greenland is obviously not a good idea, but perhaps more importantly, it’s not going to happen,” said Antony Blinken, US chief diplomat and secretary of state, at a press conference in Paris on his last trip to the United States. foreigner before leaving office.

“The idea expressed about Greenland is not goodit’s not going to happen and we shouldn’t waste time talking about it”, said Blinken, quoted by .

Donald Trump, who will take office on January 20th, declared last month that “ownership and control” of the territory, that during his first presidency, It is “an absolute necessity” for US national security.

Following the private visit of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., to Greenland on Tuesday, the President-elect did not exclude, in a press conference on the same day, a hypothetical resort to military force or the imposition of tariffs on Denmark to take control of the island.

This arctic island with two million square kilometers (80% of which are covered in ice) it has a population of just 56 thousand inhabitants.

Since 2009, Greenland has had a new statute that recognizes the right to self-determination.

Although the majority of parties and the population defend the separation from Denmark, half of the island’s budget depends on annual aid from Copenhagen and attempts toobtain revenue from its mineral and oil wealth They have failed so far due to the difficulties and high cost of extraction.

Os US maintains a military base in northern Greenland under a broad defense agreement signed in 1951 between Copenhagen and Washington.

Still in the French capital, the outgoing head of North American diplomacy downgraded his support for several far-right political figures in Europe, considering that the North American billionaire and close to Trump is speaking as a “private citizen.”

“Private citizens in our country can say whatever they want,” he said, adding further that “Musk, like any American, You have the right to express your opinions.”