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Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will visit Grenland next week and meet the newly appointed leader of the island, Jens-Frednerik Nielsen, after JD Vance claimed that Denmark neglected the autonomous territory.
The Danish officials used the US criticism on Saturday and said that America neglected the security of Greenland by significantly backing his military presence in the Arctic.
Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Denmark Foreign Minister, replied The uninvited visit to the US Vice President To an American military base in Greenland on Friday, by saying that Copenhagen was “open to criticism”, but “we do not appreciate the tone in which it is delivered – so they do not speak to their narrow allies”.
He added: “In 1945 the United States had 17 bases and military installations in Greenland With thousands of soldiers. Today there is only one American base left. . . And about 200 soldiers. We can do more, much more within the framework we have today. . . Let us do it together. “
Donald Trump’s public wish to take over Greenland from Denmark The geopolitical spotlight.
Together with the US security advisor Mike Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Vance visited the Petenuffik area of the area of the world and accused Denmark not to do “a good job of people in Greenland”.
Greenland is a semi -autonomic territory in the Kingdom of Denmark, but the majority of its population ultimately wants the independence of Copenhagen.
Danish officials who revealed a defense package of USD 2 billion after they had admitted that they hadn’t invested enough in the security of the island initially pursued a cautious approach for Trump’s expansion claims. But in the past week they have become more assertive.
Rasmussen said Vance also admitted that the United States had not invested enough in the Arctic. “The fact is that we all harvested the peace dividend. We all assumed that the Arctic should and should be an area with low tension. But this time is over. Status quo is not an option,” he said.
Trump has argued that the United States fell behind Russia and China in areas such as ice rinks, as the two largest geopolitical rivals are preparing for melting the ice in the far north.
But Danish and Greenland civil servants were horrified by his rhetoric that “we” have to “and refused to rule out military violence.
On Friday, Vance said that he did not believe that “military power will ever be necessary”, partly because he expected Grönlanders to choose independence from Denmark and then a closer partnership with the USA. The Vice President added that there was threats to Greenland through China and Russia, but experts said that the only public threat came from the United States.
Denmark sent troops to fight with US soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq, and his civil servants were dismayed by the criticism of their closest security ally. But they were also relieved that Vance did not escalate the matter. “I thought it would have been worse,” said one.
Frederiksen said that Vance’s criticism is not a “fair way of referring to Denmark”, which she described in the USA as “good and strong allies”.
As part of a far -reaching defense agreement of 1951, the USA is allowed to set up military bases in Greenland as long as it does not meet Denmark’s sovereignty.
Greenland and Danish officials said that they had proposed several times in recent years that the United States increased its military footprint, but instead America has withdrawn its presence.
Greenland presented a new, wide government coalition on Friday. Nielsen criticized Vance for lack of respect by announcing his uninvited visit, while government formation still took place. A number of Danish ministers said that they will soon visit after a new government was formed.
