The United States will not take over Greenland, its new prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, has said, in response to Donald Trump's recent statements that he wants to take control of the vast Arctic country, according to the Guardian and Reuters.
“President Trump says the United States is taking Greenland. Let me be clear: The United States is not going to take this. We don’t belong to anyone else. We decide our own future,” Nielsen said.
During an interview with NBC on Saturday, the US president said: "We will take Greenland. Yes, 100%" and argued that while there is a "good chance we can do it without military force ... I'm not taking anything off the table."
Nielsen, a 33-year-old former minister of industry and minerals, was sworn in as Greenland’s youngest prime minister on Friday. At his first news conference as leader, in his hometown of Nuuk, he called for political unity to fight external pressures. His message was clear: “At a time when we as a people are under pressure, we must stand together.”
He was sworn in hours before a high-profile delegation led by US Vice President JD Vance arrived on the island. Vance said: “Our message to Denmark is very simple: you have not done a good job for the people of Greenland. You have underinvested in the people of Greenland and you have underinvested in the security architecture of this incredible, beautiful piece of land.”
(AA/BalkanWeb)
