Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Year : 2, Issue: 20
Anadolu Agency: Greenland’s prime minister said Monday that his country is ready to increase cooperation with the US under the leadership of President-elect Donald Trump, local broadcaster KNR reported.
“We have the doors open in relation to mining. This will also be the case in the coming years. We have to trade with the US,” said Mute B. Egede.
“We have begun to start a dialogue and look for opportunities for cooperation with Trump,” he added. USEgede acknowledged that countries will try to engage with Greenland in the coming years due to its important geo-strategic position.
“Greenland is not completely free from the tensions that exist in the world. And right now, Greenland stands between two large, Arctic great nations. We can see this as a threat, but we can also see it as an opportunity for broader cooperation,” he added.
Recently, Denmark proposed that Trump boost security in Greenland, including increasing the US military presence on the island, in private messages to his team, the American news website Axios reported Saturday.
The Danish government wants to dissuade Trump from seizing the island by addressing his security concerns as the Nordic country, an ally of Washington both in NATO and in the European Union, avoids a political clash with the US, according to the report.
In a post on his Truth Social platform in December, Trump, who will take office on Jan. 20, described the ownership and control of Greenland as an “absolute necessity” for the US, reiterating his desire to make the island nation part of the US.
Greenland, the world’s largest island, has been an autonomous territory of Denmark since 1979. Located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, it is home to a US military base and holds strategic importance, as it offers the shortest route from North America to Europe.
