Greenland's chief agrees to negotiations with US president Donald Trump

Jan 12, 2025 12:10 AM IST

Throughout a press convention in Denmark, Greenland’s chief mentioned that he was prepared to enter discussions into what unites Greenland and the US.

Greenland’s chief Múte Egede on Friday acknowledged that he was prepared to barter with US president-elect Donald Trump about the way forward for the nation however was not within the territory changing into American, reported the New York Submit.

President-elect Donald Trump had expressed curiosity in shopping for Greenland for financial safety(AP)

Throughout a press convention in Denmark with Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen, Egede mentioned that he was prepared to enter discussions into what unites Greenland and the US.

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“We’re prepared to speak. Cooperation is about dialogue. Cooperation signifies that you’ll work in the direction of options,” he mentioned.

“We’ve got a need for independence, a need to be the grasp of our personal home … That is one thing everybody ought to respect. Greenland is for the Greenlandic individuals. We don’t wish to be Danish, we don’t wish to be American. We wish to be Greenlandic,” Egede added.

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Greenland has been a Danish colony for the reason that 18th century and have become a self-governing territory underneath Denmark in 1953. The nation gained the precise to safe their independence in 2009 on the situation that they voted to take action.

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At the moment, the strategically vital and mineral-rich territory relies upon upon Denmark for its defence.

Trump’s feedback on Greenland

Donald Trump, who will quickly take workplace on January 20 as president of america referred to as for management over Greenland as an “absolute necessity”, a sentiment he had expressed in 2019 as properly.

Throughout a press convention, he acknowledged that the US wanted to seize Greenland to make sure financial safety. He additionally expressed curiosity in increasing the US territory into the Panama Canal.

Danish PM Mette Frederiksen advised a Danish tv channel that “Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders” as quoted by the BBC and added that “Greenland isn’t on the market”.