“RED LINE”
Denmark and Greenland have confused that sovereignty and territorial integrity can be a “purple line” within the talks.
Nielsen mentioned on Thursday he was not conscious of the contents of the Trump-Rutte talks however insisted no deal might be made with out involving Nuuk.
“No person else than Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark have the mandate to make offers or agreements,” he advised reporters.
Frederiksen has repeatedly mentioned the identical factor.
A Danish colony for 3 centuries, Greenland, which has round 57,000 inhabitants, step by step gained autonomy within the second half of the twentieth century and obtained self-rule in 2009.
However Denmark’s assimilation insurance policies — together with de facto bans on the Inuit language and compelled sterilisations — have left Greenlanders bitter and offended.
Whereas an amazing majority of the island’s inhabitants assist a decades-long drive for full independence, Trump’s threats over the previous yr have led to a warming of ties between Denmark and Greenland.
“Greenlanders nonetheless have a number of grievances regarding Denmark’s lack of skill to rethink its colonial previous,” Ulrik Pram Gad, a researcher on the Danish Institute for Worldwide Research, advised AFP.
“However Trump’s stress has prompted the extensive majority of the (Greenlandic) political spectrum … to place the independence preparations – all the time a long-term venture – apart for now.”
