Ghetto imagesGreenland politicians have condemned plans for high -ranking visits to the United States after threats of President Donald Trump to take over the island.
The second lady Usha Vance will make a cultural visit this week and a separate trip is expected by Trump's National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.
The Greenland Outgoing Prime Minister Mute Eggede described the plan as aggressive and said the duet was not invited for meetings. Meanwhile, the next island's next leader has accused the United States of showing lack of respect.
Greenland – the largest island in the world, located between the Arctic and the Atlantic – is controlled by Denmark, about 3,000 km (1860 miles) about 300 years old.
He regulates his own interior, but decisions are made in Copenhagen on foreign and defense policy. The United States has long been interested in security – and have had a military base on the island after World War II.
It is also believed that Trump is interested in the rare earthly minerals of the island. His son Donald Jr. visited Greenland before taking up Trump in January.
By announcing the visit to G -Jz Vance, the White House said the second lady would visit historic sites and attend the Avannaata Qimussersu, the national race of Greenland.
Her delegation – including her son – will be there to “celebrate the culture and unity of Greenland,” the statement said.
Waltz's trip was confirmed by a source talking to the US partner of BBC, CBS News. He is expected to visit before G -Jz Vance and travel with Energy Secretary Chris Wright, according to the New York Times.
The outgoing Prime Minister Egede has identified a visit to Waltz more special as a provocation. “What is the security adviser in Greenland? The sole purpose is to show a demonstration of power for us,” he told Sermitsiaq.
Speaking to the same document, the probable next Prime Minister of Greenland Jens-Frederick Nielsen has accused US officers of showing the local population a lack of respect.
Trump seems to escalate his campaign to take over the island during a conversation with NATO Secretary General Mark Rute earlier this month.
Greenland was already in defense of Trump's conversations to swallow, but he sent additional shock waves, hinting that he could want to take the island with NATO support, a military alliance, from which Denmark is also a part.
“You know, Mark, we need it for international security … We have many of our favorite players who go around the shore, and we have to be careful,” Trump said. “We'll talk to you.”
To the question of the perspective on annexation, Trump said, “I think that will happen.”
This move caused Greenland's leading political parties to publish a joint statement to condemn the “unacceptable behavior” of the US president.
The issue took a central stage in the last election during which the ruling party of the Egede Atakatigite was defeated in a surprising result of the Democratic Party of Nielsen, which favored a gradual approach to Denmark independence.
Earlier this month, during a speech to the US Congress, Trump said he strongly supported the right of Greenland people to determine his own future. “If you choose, we welcome you to the United States,” he said.
According to recent polls, almost 80% of Greenland's independence from Denmark from Denmark. But a study of the opinion in January suggested an even more number of rejected the idea of becoming part of the United States.