The Prime Minister of Greenland, Mute Egede, stated that Greenland is not for sale and will never be for sale in response to comments made by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump regarding the ownership and control of the island. Trump asserted the necessity of U.S. ownership and control of Greenland for national security and global freedom.
Greenland is not for sale, its elected leader said on Monday, responding to comments made by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump regarding the 'ownership and control' of the vast Arctic island that has been part of Denmark for over 600 years. ' Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom,' the island's Prime Minister Mute Egede said in a written comment.
Trump on Sunday announced that he had picked Ken Howery, a former envoy to Sweden, as his ambassador to Copenhagen, and commented on the status of Greenland, a semi-autonomous part of Denmark and host to a large U.S. Air Force base. 'For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,' Trump wrote on Truth Social.Denmark's foreign ministry and the prime minister's office were not immediately available for comment. The Danish government must state in clear terms that control over Greenland is not up for discussion or negotiation, member of parliament Rasmus Jarlov of the opposition Conservative Party said on social media platform X. 'To the extent that U.S. activities aim to take control of Danish territory, it must be prohibited and countered. Then they can't be there at all,' said Jarlov, who heads parliament's defense committee. The island, whose capital Nuuk is closer to New York than the Danish capital Copenhagen, boasts mineral, oil and natural gas wealth. But development has been slow, leaving its economy reliant on fishing and annual subsidies from Denmark. With its Pituffik air base, Greenland is strategically important for the U.S. military and its ballistic missile early-warning system, since the shortest route from Europe to North America runs via the islan
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