Greenland once again said that he was not for sale after the American elected president Donald Trump said he wanted to take control of the territory.
“Greenland belongs to the people of Greenland,” his Prime Minister said on Monday after Trump repeated comments on the Arctic Island he made several years ago.
Greenland, which is an autonomous Danish territory, is home to a large American spatial installation and is on the shortest road from North America to Europe, which means that it is strategically important for the United States.
There was no immediate response to the comments of Denmark Trump.
Writing on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Sunday, the American elected president said: “For the purposes of national security and freedom in the world, the United States of America considers that the property and control of Greenland are an absolute necessity.”
His comments caused a strong reprimand by the Prime Minister of Greenland, Mute Egede, who said: “We are not for sale and we will not be for sale.”
“We must not lose our long struggle for freedom. However, we must continue to be open to cooperation and trade with the whole world, in particular with our neighbors,” he said.
Trump's controversial remarks occurred a few hours after announcing that he intended to appoint Ken Howery, his former ambassador to Sweden, to be the new Denmark ambassador.
Howery said he was “deeply humiliated” by appointment and was eager to work with the staff of the United States Embassy in Copenhagen and the American consulate in Greenland to “deepen the links between our countries”.
Trump's original suggestion in 2019 that the United States acquires Greenland, which is the largest island in the world, has led to an equally strong reprimand of leaders.
Danish Prime Minister of the time, puts Fredericksen, who still occupies the role, described the idea as “absurd”, leading to Trump Cancel a state trip to the country.
He is not the first American president to suggest buying Greenland. The idea was mentioned for the first time in the 1860s under the chairmanship of Andrew Johnson.
Separately Sunday, Donald Trump threatened to reaffirm control over the Panama CanalOne of the most important waterways in the world – accusing Panama of invoicing excessive costs to access it.
The president of Panama later declared “each square meter” of the canal and the surrounding area belonged to his country.
