'We choose Denmark' over the US, Greenland's PM says [View all]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Greenland has chosen Denmark over the United States, Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Tuesday. "We are now facing a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark," Nielsen said. He emphatically rejected the idea that Greenland could come under Washington's control.
"One thing must be clear to everyone — Greenland does not want to be owned by the United States. Greenland does not want to be governed by the United States. Greenland does not want to be part of the United States," he said. He spoke at a joint news conference with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen.
US President Donald Trump had been promoting the idea of buying or annexing the semi-autonomous Danish territory for years, and further stoked tensions in recent weeks by saying the United States would take it "one way or the other." Frederiksen slammed what she called "unacceptable pressure" from Denmark's closest ally, the US, over Greenland. She warned that "there are many indications that the most challenging part is ahead of us."
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