Danish PM tells US over Greenland
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“It is clear that with the pressure put on Greenland by the Americans, in terms of sovereignty, borders and the future, we need to stay united,” Ms Frederiksen said after arriving.
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Speaking in English and addressing the US, Mette Frederiksen said "you cannot annex another country."
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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is in Greenland for a three-day trip aimed at building trust and cooperation with Greenlandic officials at a time when the Trump administration is seeking control of the vast Arctic territory.
Denmark's prime minister landed in Greenland on Wednesday for talks with the Danish semi-autonomous territory's incoming government, following U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated expressions of interest in controlling the vast Arctic island.
Greenland’s leader has slammed the planned US visit to the island as “very aggressive” as the international crisis over President Trump’s desire to annex the
Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Greenland's prime minister, said in a Facebook post on Sunday that the United States will not be able to annex the resource-rich island in the Atlantic.
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