UPDATE: “It’s time for the United States to put its mark back on Greenland,” says Trump’s envoy
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The war in Iran had given the Greenlanders a little rest… This Wednesday, the American envoy to Greenland, coveted by President Donald Trump, relaunched the issue by declaring that the United States must strengthen its presence on this autonomous Danish territory. “I think it is time for the United States to put its mark back on Greenland. I think you see the president talking about strengthening national security operations and reassigning personnel to certain bases in Greenland,” said Jeff Landry. officially invited and his presence sparked controversy there. The US military currently has only one base in Greenland, Pituffik in the north, compared to 17 military installations at the height of the Cold War. Donald Trump has repeatedly argued that the United States must control Greenland for national security reasons, saying that otherwise the territory risks falling into the hands of China or Russia. Greenland is on the route the shortest between Russia and the United States for missiles. It contains untapped deposits of rare earths and could play a vital role as polar ice melts and new sea routes emerge. Washington wants to open three new bases in the south of this island, according to recent press reports. ‘Forced to find a solution’ A 1951 defense pact, updated in 2004, already allows the United States to deploy more troops and strengthen its military installations in Greenland, on condition of informing Denmark and Greenland in advance. Donald Trump returned, in January, to his threats to seize Greenland and an American-Danish-Greenlandic working group was set up to respond to his concerns. Even if the desire of the “master” to “secure control of Greenland […] is totally disrespectful, […] we are obliged to find a solution,” Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen told journalists on Tuesday, on the sidelines of an economic forum on Greenland. He met the American envoy on Monday, who also saw Greenland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mute Egede. sign […] that anything has changed” in the position of the United States. The Greenlandic and Danish authorities have repeatedly insisted that only Greenland can decide its future. In an interview published Wednesday by the Greenlandic daily Sermitsiaq, Jeff Landry tried to revive the hopes of independence of this territory. Find here our file dedicated to Greenland If the polls show that the majority of Greenlanders are in favor of independence in the future from Denmark, their government has no immediate plan in this direction, because many questions remain unanswered, in particular concerning the economy of this island, which is highly dependent on Denmark. I think there are incredible opportunities that could allow the Greenlanders to move from dependence to independence,” insisted Jeff Landry in the interview he gave.
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