Denmark PM Mette Frederiksen Greenland Go to: ’You can’t annex one other nation’

Greenland’s incoming Prime Minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, poses for a photograph with Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Mute B. Egede, Chief of the IA (Inuit Ataqatigiit) occasion, in Nuuk, Greenland, on April 2, 2025.
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Denmark’s prime minister is wrapping up a three-day go to to Greenland on Friday after telling the U.S. “you can not annex one other nation,” even with the argument that worldwide safety is at stake.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen travelled to the strategically vital Arctic island as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks management of Greenland. He argues that Greenland, a semiautonomous territory belonging to the Kingdom of Denmark, is vital to U.S. safety.

Every week in the past, Vice President JD Vance visited a distant U.S. army base in Greenland and accused Denmark of underinvesting within the territory.

Ms. Frederiksen pushed again in opposition to the U.S. criticism as she spoke on Thursday alongside Greenland’s incoming and outgoing leaders. She argued that Denmark, a NATO ally, has been a dependable pal.

Talking in English, she mentioned that “if we let ourselves be divided as allies, then we do our foes a favor. And I’ll do every little thing that I can to forestall that from occurring.”

“Once you ask our companies to put money into the U.S., they do. Once you ask us to spend extra on our protection, we do; and if you ask of us to strengthen safety within the Arctic, we’re on the identical web page,” she mentioned.

“However if you demand to take over part of the Kingdom of Denmark’s territory, once we are met by stress and by threats from our closest ally, what are we to consider in in regards to the nation that we now have admired for thus a few years?”

“That is in regards to the world order that we now have constructed collectively throughout the Atlantic over generations: you can not annex one other nation, not even with an argument about worldwide safety,” Frederiksen mentioned.

The Danish chief mentioned that, if the U.S. needs to strengthen safety within the Arctic, “allow us to achieve this collectively.”

Political events in Greenland, which has been leaning towards eventual independence from Denmark for years, final week agreed to kind a broad-based new coalition authorities within the face of Mr. Trump’s designs on the territory. These have angered many in Greenland and Denmark.