US vice-president JD Vance on Friday accused Denmark of not being enough to protect Greenland, when he visited the resource-rich Danish region, placed strategically by US President Donald Trump.
Vance made his remarks during a trip to the Pitfic Space Base in Northwestern Greenland, which was seen as a provocation by Copenhagen and NUUK.
“Our message for Denmark is very simple: you have not done a good job by the people of Greenland,” Vance said at a press conference.
He said, “You have invested in the people of Greenland and you have invested in the security architecture of this incredible, beautiful landmas.”
Trump argues that the United States needs a huge Arctic island for national and international security and refused to use force to secure it.
“We are not talking about peace to the United States. We are talking about world peace. We are talking about international security,” Trump claimed reporters at the White House on Friday.
When asked about the possible use of force, Vance insisted that the US administration did not think that “ever needed”.
“We think it makes sense and because we feel that the people of Greenland are rational and good, we think we are able to cut the Donald Trump-style to ensure the safety of the region, but the United States,” said the United States.
Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederricasen hit Danish media back into a statement.
“For many years, we stand in very difficult conditions by Americans,” he said, referring to the deployment of Danish Combat with American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“Vice -president’s reference to Denmark is not accurate,” he said, expressing his readiness for “day -to -day cooperation with Americans” on Arctic Security.
Vance was with his wife Usha, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Energy Secretary Chris Right, Utah Senator Mike and former Homeland Security Advisor Julia Neshwat, who is Waltz’s wife.
The US delegation rode with Vance waving at the top of the aircraft stairs, just before 4:00 pm (1800 GMT) at Air Force Two (1800 GMT).
– ‘unacceptable pressure’ –
Danish and Greenlandic officials supported by the European Union have insisted that the United States will not receive Greenland.
Fredericseen condemned the US decision to be called without the Arctic island – which was initially a broader visit to the Greenlandic society – as “unacceptable pressure” on Greenland and Denmark.
According to a January survey, most of Greenlanders oppose US annexation.
Pitfic Base Washington’s missile defense is an essential part of the infrastructure, replacing the Arctic on the smallest route for missiles fired from Russia in the United States.
Known as Thule Air Base until 2023, it served as a warning post for possible Soviet Union’s possible attacks during the Cold War.
It is also a strategic place for air and submarine surveillance in the Northern Hemisphere.
In January, Copenhagen stated that it would allocate about two billion dollars to increase its appearance in Arctic and North Atlantic, acquiring special ships and monitoring devices.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he considered Trump’s “serious” schemes for Greenland.
He expressed concern that “NATO countries, generally, are rapidly nominated as a springboard for potential conflicts”.
Greenland is a home of 57,000 people, most of them are inutes.
It is believed that there are large -scale unused minerals and oil reserves, although there is a ban on oil and uranium exploration.
– ‘Not showing respect’ –
Former Mining Executive Officer US Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Fox News on Thursday that he was expected to support the United States and Greenland mining “to bring jobs and economic opportunities for Greenland and important minerals and resources in the United States”.
Trump’s desire to handle the snow -covered area, which is demanding freedom from Denmark, has been clearly rejected by Greenlanders, his politicians and Danish authorities.
While all political parties in Greenland are in favor of independence, none of them support the idea of ​​becoming a part of the United States.
After the elections earlier this month, a new comprehensive four-sided coalition government was announced in Greenland a few hours before the arrival of the US delegation.
The upcoming Prime Minister Jens-Frederick Nielsen said that the region needs unity at this time.
He said, “It is very important that we separate our disagreements and differences … because only we will be able to deal with the heavy pressure that we are exposing from outside,” he said that when he unveiled his government.
Nielsen said that when there was no government in the office by visiting Greenland, the US administration was “showing respect for a colleague”.
Usha Vance was initially due to a visit to Greenland with her son and participating in a dog race in Sisimiyut city.
Local people said that they had planned to give him a frosty reception with several protests.
Sismute’s visit was then canceled and was replaced with a trip to the military base.
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