US Vice President JD Vance Denmark was accused of leaving the weak Greenland of the alleged incursions from China and Russia, as he asked its people to “cut a deal” with the United States.
Speaking during a visit to the Arctic Island, Vans reduced the recent threats of President Donald Trump to take over the island.
Instead, Greenlands urged to cut off his relations with Denmark, which owned the island for more than 300 years, saying that the nation has not investigated enough to protect semi -wet lands.
and The overwhelming majority From Greenlanders opposes the idea of ​​annexation, as indicated in January. The Prime Minister in Greenland said that the American visit showed “lack of respect.”
Denmark King Frederick rejected the American plan.
“We live in a changing fact,” the king said on social media on Friday. “There should be no doubt that my love for Greenland and my interdependence with the people of Greenland is sound.”
On Friday, a visit was described as a “cultural” tour by the wife of Vans, Osha, where she was watching a race linking dogs, but she was rising over several days of modifications, as the visit attracted fears of scrutiny and security, with multiple protests planning.
Instead, Vans and the second lady in Greenland were only for a few hours, as they visited the Pitufik Space base only, a missile defense facility in the north of the island, about 930 meters (1500 km) from the capital, Nuk.
He took advantage of the opportunity to consume to Denmark, claiming that she had to “preserve the people of Greenland in safe from many extremely aggressive incursions from Russia, from China and other countries”, without providing more details.
He specifically called on countries to take care of roads and minerals in the region, where it is believed that the island of 57,000 people with huge reserves that are not exploited for minerals and oil.
In his statements, Vans sought to reassure the Greenland people that the United States would not use military force to take the island from Denmark. Instead, Greenlanders urged the adoption of “self -determination” and cutting relations with Denmark, which has controlled the region since 1721.
“We believe that we will be able to cut a deal, in the style of Donald Trump, to ensure the security of this region,” Vans said.
“We hope that they will choose partnership with the United States, because we are the only nation on the ground that will respect their sovereignty and respect their security,” adding that “their security is our security to a large extent.”
The vice president said the United States has no immediate plans to expand the American military presence on the ground, but it will invest more resources, including marine ships and military ice scanners.
“Our message to Denmark is very simple,” Vans said.
“You did not do a good job by the Greenland people. You have been invested in the people of Greenland, and I have invested in the security of this amazing beautiful land block.”
Along with his wife, Vans joined a trip by US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, and Energy Minister Chris Wright.
The external temperature was in Pituffik -3F (-19 C).
Returning to the White House, President Donald Trump insisted that the United States need Greenland to ensure “peace of the whole world” and that its waterways were “Chinese and Russian ships everywhere.”
“We need Greenland, and most importantly, for international security,” he said.
“We have to have Greenland. It is not an issue:” Do you think we can do without it? “We cannot.”
He said that Denmark and the European Union understood the situation “and if they did not, we will have to explain it to them.”
In a BBC statement, Danish Prime Minister Metty Frederksen assumed a problem with Vans.
She said, “For many years, we stood together with Americans in very difficult situations,” she said. “Therefore, it is not an accurate way for the vice president to refer to Denmark.”
She said that Denmark has increased significantly from defensive spending, but will enhance its investments with more monitoring, new Arctic ships, long -term drones and satellite capacity.
“We are ready-night and day-to cooperate with the Americans,” she said. “Cooperation that must be based on the international rules necessary for the game.”
Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the new Prime Minister in Greenland, said before Vans’s visit showed “the lack of respect for the green people.”
In the capital of Nok in Greenland, some people who spoke with them from the BBC did not win.
At the city’s cultural center, the artist Carlin Polsen said: “There are many ways to say things. But I think the way President Trump says is not the way.”
A woman gave her name only, as Nina said: “I am worried [about the visit]. This is a kind of strange, I don’t like it. “
Her daughter, Anita, said that the visit caused “a lot of uncertainty and many people feel anxious.”
Since 2009, Greenland’s right had to call the independence referendum, although some political parties in recent years have begun to pay more.
Greenland governs its own local affairs, but decisions are taken on foreign and defense policy in Copenhagen. Five of the six major parties that participated in this month elections prefer independence from Denmark, but they do not agree with the pace that you reach.
Trump first put forward the idea of ​​buying Greenland during his first term – and his desire to own the island grew over time.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he considered Trump’s plans for Greenland “dangerous.”
He expressed concern that “NATO countries, in general, are increasingly set the far north as a starting point for potential conflicts.”
“The country attracts the US interest on the island very dangerous.
“We are afraid of colonialism again. We have been a colony over the past 300 years under Denmark, it is still the case,” says Olsen. “Now another colonizer is interested in us.”
Troy Boufard, a professor of Alaska University who focuses on the Arctic security, told BBC that Trump tends to feel his work to accomplish what he wants in the region, instead of geopolitics or diplomacy.
“If you are thinking about this issue only in diplomacy, you will lose other options that the United States may have to close this deal to pressure the main actors in negotiation or settlement,” he said.
Mr. Boufard said the end of the United States is a “more powerful relationship” with Greenland.
It is noted that one of the possible scenarios can be the Denmark axis from the image, and the presence of the United States to create a relationship that replaces Denmark.
Mr. Boufard has suggested that the United States could change the nature of the relationship and bear some responsibilities that usually belong to Denmark.
Anna Fajoy contributed to reporting this story.
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