Since Nielsen took office, we have repeatedly threatened to seize a Greenland loom over Nielsen’s first visit to Denmark.
The Greenlandian Prime Minister and his Danish counterparts presented the United front and criticised President Donald Trump’s administration for not paying homage to the designs to grab the Arctic islands, the self-governed Danish territory.
“We will never be an asset that anyone can buy, and that’s the message I think is most important to understand.”
Trump’s repeated threat to take over Greenland has come to an enormous surge after Nielsen’s first visit to Denmark since taking office this month.
Nielsen’s visit follows Fredericksen’s visit to Greenland in early April. She told the United States:
After the Central Right Democrats won legislative elections in March, Fredericksen and Nielsen, who head Greenland’s new coalition government, said they were willing to meet US leaders for consultation.
Tensions between the US and Denmark have skyrocketed after Trump repeatedly said he wanted to control resource-rich Greenland for security reasons, refusing to eliminate the use of force to secure it.
“I think we need it for international peace. Without it, it is a huge threat to our world. So I think Greenland is very important to international peace,” Trump told reporters on Thursday at a press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Garr.
We are “not respectful.”
Nielsen also said on Sunday that Greenland is working to strengthen relations with Denmark due to US “disrespectful” rhetoric. “We’re in a situation where we need to stand together now. We don’t respect what we talk about from the US,” Nielsen said.
“I fully agree with that,” Fredericksen added.
Nielsen repeatedly said that Greenland is ready to deepen its ties with the United States.
“We are ready for a strong partnership, more development ready, but we are looking for respect,” he said. “You can’t have a partner that doesn’t have mutual respect.”
US Vice President JD Vance visited Greenland in March. Officials in both Greenland and Denmark viewed it as a provocation.
During a trip to Pituffik US military base, Vance denounced Denmark for “doing a good job by the people of Greenland.”
“You’re invested in Greenlanders and you’ve lost investment in this incredibly beautiful land security architecture,” he said.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Rocke Rasmussen responded on social media:
Nielsen himself said: “The United States will not get Greenland.”
“We don’t belong to anyone else. We decide our future,” he added in a Facebook post.
During his two-day visit to Copenhagen, Nielsen also meets King Frederick of Denmark and representatives of the Danish Parliament.
In another statement, the Danish royal family said the king would accompany Nielsen to visit Greenland for a return.
The majority of Greenland’s 57,000 people want to become independent from Denmark, but don’t want to be part of the US, according to polls.