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The protesters meet against the United States Consulate during a demonstration, under the slogan, “Greenland belongs to the Greenland people”, in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 15, 2025.
Christian Klindt Soelbeck | Through Reuters
The battle on Greenland will intensify this week while the Prime Minister of Denmark travels to the Arctic Island a few days after the United States vice president, JD Vance, visited and criticized the Scandinavian country for neglecting the vast territory.
The Danish government announced the weekend that Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will visit Greenland from Wednesday to Thursday. His visit is produced in the midst of a continuous interest of the United States on the island, which the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has said that he should become part of the United States.
During his visit, Frederiksen “will discuss cooperation between Greenland and Denmark” with the new prime minister of the island, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said the Danish government.
“I hope to continue the near and reliable cooperation between Greenland and Denmark together with Jens-Frederik Nielsen and the rest of the Greenland government,” Frederkisen said before the trip.
Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, attends a press conference at the Chamber in Berlin, Germany, on January 28, 2025.
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“Greenland has just passed through a good democratic process and formed a broad government. It is important for me to visit and greet the future president of the Greenland government as soon as possible,” he said, referring to a rapid election in early March.
The vote, which was played by the matches mainly in favor of independence, saw the Democrats in favor of the business win most of the seats in the parliament of 31 seats, the Inatsisartut.
The party favors a gradual process of independence from Denmark, but the new Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen has reiterated the comments made by his predecessor that the island “is not and will never be on sale.”
The feeling in favor of the independence of Greenland means that the Denmark supervisor has to step carefully when it comes to the future of the island, although it will have encouraged For a recent survey that shows a large majority of the Greenlandés did not want the island to leave Denmark and become part of the United States.
Danish leader Frederiksen said that the island has its “deepest respect” about how its people and politicians were handling what she described as “the great pressure” of the repeated attempts of the United States to court rare earths and the island rich in minerals.
“It is a situation that requires unity between political parties. In Danish countries. And in cooperation in a respectful and egalitarian way,” Frederiksen said.
While Greenland is an autonomous territory within the kingdom of Denmark, it has historical ties with the United States, which houses US military facilities since World War II.
The growing geopolitical competence in the Arctic between Russia, China and the United States has also reinforced the appeal of the island, which is on potentially highly lucrative shipping routes through the Arctic Ocean.
Vance’s visit agitates Demark
Denmark’s decision to make his presence on the island feel days after Vice President Vance and his wife visited the island, causing consternation in Greenland and Denmark.
Vance accused Denmark on Friday to invest in the security of Greenland and said that other European allies had not made the pace of defense expenses.
“Denmark has not done a good job to keep Greenland safe,” Vance told the members of the service at the Pituffik space base in Greenland on Friday.
The US Vice President, JD Vance, revolves the base of the Pituffik space of the US army in Greenland on March 28, 2025.
Jim Watson | Through Reuters
“We know that too often our allies in Europe have not maintained the rhythm, they have not maintained the rhythm of military expenses and Denmark has not followed the pace of dedicating the necessary resources to maintain this base, maintain our troops and, in my opinion, keep the people of Greenland safe from many very aggressive incursions of Russia, China and other nations with interest in this area,” Vance told the newspapers.
Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to obtain control of the Danish autonomous territory, describing the perspective as an “absolute need” for the national security of the United States.
Without flinching for the rejections of Denmark and Greenland of the advances of the United States, the president said again to NBC News in an interview on Saturday: “We will get Greenland. Yes, 100%.”
He said there is a “good possibility that we can do it without military strength … I don’t take anything from the table.”
The US Vice President JD Vance (c) poses with the second Lady Usha Vance (2nd L), National Security Advisor Mike Waltz (3rd L), his wife, former security advisor of the homeland, Julia Nesheiwat (L) and energy secretary Chris Wright (R) while traveling the space base of the United States army on March 28, March 28, March 28, March 28, March 28, March 28, March 28, March 28, March 28, March 28, March 28, March 28, 2025 in Pituffik, Greenland.
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Greenland’s economy focuses mainly on fishing, but The deposits of the island of Rare and Critical MineralsUsed in electronics, energy and defense, they have caused an international interest. Global warming and ice loss are making some of the world’s largest critical mineral reserves in the world more accessible, which makes it a main objective for the Trump administration.
– April Roach and Sophie Kiderlin of CNBC contributed reports to this story
