The Denmark government coincides with the United States that the current ‘status quo’ about Greenland “cannot continue like this” Given the tension unleashed from the outbreak of the Ukraine War but it is also the opinion that the terms of the agreement agreed in 1951 continue to grant the margin of maneuver sufficient to resolve the open diplomatic crisis between Washington and Copenhagen.
Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark
Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark and recurring objective of the Trump administration, who in his first mandate has already played with the idea, as already contemplated several previous administrations of “buying” the island as a national security measure. American ambitions collide both with the historical feeling of belonging that Groenlandia It generates in part of the Danish population and with the independence interests of the population of the island.
All these issues have reappeared with the visit to Greenland held this past Friday by the US vice president, JD Vance, who has come to ensure that his country “has no choice but” to negotiate the adhesion of the territory once he becomes independent of Denmark through a self -determination referendum. “
After a first response from the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, this morning has been the turn of the Foreign Minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, who, like the Chief of the Government has lamented “the tone” of Vance’s statements: “Thus there is no talk with a next ally,” he said, before suggest which still considers valid.
“(The agreement) offers a wide opportunity for the United States to have a much stronger military presence in Greenland. If that is what you want, let’s talk about it, “said Foreign Minister before remembering that” in 1945, the United States had 17 bases and facilities in Greenland. “
“We can do much more, much more, within the current framework. Let’s take advantage of it and let’s do it together,” added the Foreign Minister in a message posted in his social network account X in which he has refuted other statements by the vice president, who has accused Denmark of having acted with passivity on this issue.
“That is because we all agree that the Arctic,” Rasmussen replied, “it had to be a low voltage zone, but it is true that this moment is over: the ‘status quo’ is not an option.” Rasmussen has recalled recent multimilonary security investments in the territory and that Greenland is part of NATO and is covered by the “security guarantees” offered by the Atlantic Alliance.
