The governments of Denmark and of Greenland have asked for one meeting with the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubioin the midst of the alerts raised among the European partners of the I’LL TAKE due to Donald Trump’s renewed intentions to take over the Arctic island. The meeting should be held “in the near future” and will address the “relevant statements coming from the United States” about Greenland, Greenlandic Foreign Minister Vivan Mortzfeldt said in a message on social networks. “We have to resolve some misunderstandings,” said his Danish colleague, Lars Lokke Rasmussenat the end of the meeting of the Danish Security Committee and after highlighting the boost in military spending given by his country and the strong investments in defense of the Arctic region.
The initiative coincides with the intense efforts of the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, with her main European allies and the growing support of these countries for the Copenhagen position. “It is for Denmark and Greenland, and only them, to decide on matters that concern Denmark and Greenland,” according to the joint statement issued by the leaders of France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom.
Frederiksen recalled that Greenland, as an autonomous territory of Denmark, is part of NATO. In statements to a Danish media, he indicated that he takes Trump’s threats and warned that aggression by an ally against Greenland would mean the end of the Atlantic Alliance. “If a NATO country attacks another NATO country, everything will be over, including our NATO and, with it, the security it has provided since the end of NATO. Second World War“he stated.
More military presence
The foreign ministers of the five Nordic countries –Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland and Denmark– also issued a statement this Tuesday expressing their willingness to increase its military presence in the arctic region. Trump assures that taking control of Greenland is a matter of “national security” for the United States and has accused Copenhagen of having neglected the defense of its autonomous territory. The US president says he is “exploring options” for the immense Arctic island to pass under US jurisdiction, which after the military intervention in Venezuela has activated European alerts.
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