Denamark to summon U.S. ambassador over Trump’s Greenland special envoy
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said Monday that he will summon the U.S. ambassador to Denmark to discuss President Donald Trump’s appointment of a special envoy to Greenland.
“I deeply regret the appointment and the statement, which I find completely unacceptable,” Løkke Rasmussen said in an interview with Danish media TV2 on Monday morning. he said. He added that he hoped a meeting could be held today or tomorrow.
Since beginning his second term as president, Trump has repeatedly said the United States needs resource-rich Greenland, an autonomous region of Denmark, for security reasons. He refused to condone the use of force.
Greenland, meanwhile, has shown little interest in becoming a leading mining nation, and Greenlandic leaders have criticized calls from the U.S. administration for the country to become a U.S. territory.
Late Sunday, Trump published on social media He said he appointed Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as the US Special Representative for Greenland.
“Jeff understands how important Greenland is to our National Security and will strongly advance our Nation’s Interests for the Safety, Security and Survival of our Allies and indeed the World,” the President said. he wrote.
The Danish foreign ministry declined to comment further and referred to Løkke Rasmussen’s TV2 interview.
One Instagram post Translated by CNBC, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said: “Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders and the United States should not take over Greenland.”
“No one should be allowed to change national borders by force. Neither politically nor militarily,” Frederiksen wrote on Monday. He added that he expects Denmark’s territorial integrity to be respected.
