Greenland's PM Agrees To Engage Negotiations About Country's Future Ties With USA

Greenland's Prime Minister Múte Egede has expressed his willingness to engage in negotiations with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump regarding the future ties with the US, though he emphasized that Greenland does not seek to become part of the United States, according to the New York Post. Speaking at a press conference in Denmark with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on January 10, Egede stated that he is open to discussions about the shared interests between Greenland and the U.S. "We are ready to talk. Cooperation is about dialogue. It means working together toward solutions," he said.

“We have a desire for independence, a desire to be the master of our own house … This is something everyone should respect. Greenland is for the Greenlandic people. We do not want to be Danish, we do not want to be American. We want to be Greenlandic," Egede added.

Greenland has been a Danish colony since the 18th century and became a self-governing territory under Denmark in 1953. The country won the right to secure their independence in 2009 on the condition that they voted to do so.

Trump On Greenland

President-elect Donald Trump, who will take office on January 20, called for control over Greenland as an absolute necessity, a sentiment he had expressed in 2019 as well. Reports also said that Trump said that Greenland and its people will benefit tremendously if, and when, it becomes part of our nation. "We will protect it, and cherish it, from a very vicious outside world. Make Greenland great again,” Trump said on social media platform Truth Social.

During a press conference earlier, he stated that the US needed to take hold of Greenland to ensure economic security. He also expressed interest in expanding the US territory into the Panama Canal.

After Trump라이브 바카라 comments, Donald Trump Jr visited Greenland. Before his arrival in the capital Nuuk, the US president-elect's son said he was going as a tourist on a "very long, personal, day-trip", to talk to people, and had no meetings planned with government officials, reports said.

BBC quoted Danish PM Mette Frederiksen that Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders and added that Greenland is not for sale.