Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lökke Rasmussen expressed satisfaction on Wednesday that the US delegation has changed the program of its upcoming visit to Greenland and will only visit the US military base Pituffik Space Base. For the DR radio station, DR said that the Danish government has no “objections” against it, TASR reports referring to AFP.
The White House originally announced that Greenland, which is the autonomous territory of Denmark, will be visited from Thursday to Saturday by a delegation including USHu Vance, the wife of American vice president JD Vance, and her son. She wanted to see historical monuments, learn more about Greenland’s culture and see the dog’s sled race in Sisimiut.
According to Greenland Prime Minister Mote Egede, it was also accompanied by US US President advisor to National Security Mike Waltz. The delegation was also supposed to include US Energy Minister Chris Wright.
These plans caused criticism of Greenland and Danish politicians, as they came at the time of the formation of the new government after the elections held on 11 March. Moreover, US President Donald Trump has been talking about taking control of Greenland for a long time and has not even excluded the use of power. This is often justified by national and international security.
Vance on Tuesday through his office announced that on Friday He adds to his wife and will inform him about the Arctic Region Security issues at the base of the space forces And he meets American soldiers.
There are only around 57,000 people on the largest island of the world. There are deposits of valuable minerals, which have not been used so far. Since 1979, Greenland has been autonomous in many areas, but Denmark is still deciding on foreign and defense policy.
