Diplomacy… for now. The unusual meeting between the US, Denmark and Greenland on the future of the huge island has ended without great advances but also without great conflicts. And that is already progress.
The Danish foreign ministers, Lars Løkke Rasmussen and greenlandic, Vivian Motzfeldthave confirmed that “in weeks” a multilateral working group will begin to operate to “see if there is any way to move forward” in three groups and aware that the positions are practically irreconcilable with the US.
In that group, the Danish delegation has made it clear that “We will analyze US security concerns and its president, but without crossing the red lines of Denmark“. “Can it be done? I don’t know, but we want to try,” said the minister. His red lines are not new: guarantee “the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark and the Greenland’s right to self-determination”.
“Not everything is resolved, but we did not think it would be achieved today,” admitted the Danish minister, somewhat laconically. He did congratulate himself that “compared to the public debate, the meeting has been very constructive and had a working atmosphere.” He has also dedicated words of understanding to Donald Trump’s security concerns, to the point of assuming that “some of them I understand”, but emphasizing the need not to violate Danish territorial integrity.
