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Envoys of Denmark and Greenland have intensified talks with the US administration and lawmakers in Washington after Donald Trump’s statement about occupying Greenland. Trump wants ownership of the entire Greenland so that American military bases can be built there. Describing it as a serious security issue, Denmark has insisted on a diplomatic solution, while concerns have increased about the sovereignty of Greenland.
Washington: The ambassadors of Denmark and Greenland present in Washington have intensified talks with US lawmakers and senior Trump administration officials after US President Donald Trump’s comments regarding the occupation of Greenland. Danish Ambassador Jesper Møller Sorensen and Greenland’s chief representative in Washington, Jakob Isbosethsen, met with National Security Council officials at the White House on Thursday.
Danish government officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the meeting discussed new efforts by Trump to acquire Greenland, perhaps by military force. The White House did not comment on this meeting. Envoys also met with US lawmakers several times this week to garner support to reverse Trump’s decision. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is going to meet Danish officials next week.
Trump wants entire Greenland
In an interview given to The New York Times, Trump said that he does not want to depend only on the old agreement, but wants ownership of the entire Greenland, so that America can get complete freedom to build military bases there. Trump said, ‘Ownership gives you something that no lease or agreement can give you. What is not achieved merely by signing the document, is achieved through ownership. The US is part of a 1951 treaty, under which it has the right to build military bases there with the approval of Denmark and Greenland.
take trump seriously
Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance said European leaders should ‘take the US President seriously’ and described the issue as a security one. Vance said, ‘We are asking our European friends to take the security of that area seriously, because if they do not do so, America will have to take some action.’ Danish officials are optimistic about talks with Rubio. Denmark’s Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen told Danish channel ‘DR’, ‘This is what is necessary, as our government has asked for together with the government of Greenland.’ About 56,000 people, mostly Inuit, live in Greenland, which covers about 80 percent of its area above the Arctic Circle.
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