Denmark will not give up Greenland in the United States, Danish Prime Minister Met Fredericksen said during an official visit to the Arctic Island.
In response to repeated threats from Donald Trump, Fredericksen suggested more security cooperation, but told the US president, “You can't annex other countries.”
Fredericksen stood with Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederick Nielsen and his predecessor, without appearing in displaying support and unity to US threats on Thursday.
Her three -day trip to the territory follows the controversial visit of last week by an American delegation headed by Vice President JD Vance, which was widely criticized in both Greenland and Denmark.
During his vortex journeyVance repeated Trump's ambitions to bring Greenland under the control of the United States for security reasons, criticized Denmark for not spending more security in the region and claims that “he's not done a good job for Greenland.
After arriving in Greenland on Wednesday, Fredericksen said: “It is clear that with pressure on Greenland from Americans regarding sovereignty, borders and the future must remain united.”
Fredericksen said on Thursday that Denmark was strengthened by his military presence in the Arct and offered more cooperation with the United States in the protection of the region.
But she added: “When you require you to take part of … the territory of Denmark, when we are greeted with pressure and threats from our closest ally, what to believe, for the country we have admired for so many years?”
Frederiksen rides around the Nuuk capital in the Navy Danish patrol boat, along with Egede and Nielsen.
According to the Danish public operator, Many people cheered when they saw the Danish Prime Minister, as a resident shouted from a window: “Hey, Met! Thanks that you were here.”
Egede, who has been the Prime Minister for almost four years, said the island has collaborated with the United States for almost 80 years – including the construction of the Pitik Space Base after a 1951 agreement between Denmark and the United States.
The former leader insisted that Greenland was not selling, but added that the island demanded trade with the United States, The National Greenlandic Sermitsiaq reported.
Trump first sailed the idea of buying Greenland during his first term – and his desire to own the island only grew over time.
Mikaela Engel, an expert on the Arctic territory, who was previously the Supreme Commissioner of Denmark in Greenland, told the AFP news agency “This is very, very important and very reassuring for Greenland to see a Danish government head.”
Greenland – the largest island in the world, between the Arctic and the Atlantic – is controlled by Denmark, nearly 3,000 km (1860 miles), in about 300 years.
Greenland manages its own interior, but decisions on foreign and defense policy are made in Copenhagen.
Five of the six major parties prefer Copenhagen's independence, but do not agree with the pace to reach it.
In March, a new government of the Greenland coalition was formed, led by the Democrats Right Party, which favors a gradual approach to independence.
The polls show that the greater part of the Grenlari also wants to become independent of Denmark, but do not want to become part of the United States.
Since 2009, Greenland has the right to call a referendum on independence, although in recent years some political parties have begun to insist more about one.