The Foreign Ministers of Denmark and Greenland say a fundamental disagreement remains with the United States (US) over its push to take over Greenland, after what they described as “frank” talks with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of state Marco Rubio.
US President Donald Trump has insisted that the US needs the Danish territory for national security and hasn’t ruled out taking it by force.
Following the meeting in Washington, the Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, said, “ideas that would not respect the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark and the right of self-determination of the Greenlandic peoples are totally unacceptable.
Flanked by Greenland’s Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt, he said they agreed to disagree with the Americans over the future of the autonomous territory which it controls. But they would continue to talk.
Trump has claimed only the US can protect Greenland from Russia and China, saying “anything less” than US control is “unacceptable”.
He’s argued this could be achieved if the US buys Greenland, which could cost as much as $700 billion dollars by one estimate.
But Denmark and Greenland reiterated the territory is not for sale.
Motzfeldt said though it was very important to strengthen co-operation with the US, that did not mean they wanted to be owned by the US.
–SABC–
