Greenland Can Be Independent, But U.S. Statehood Is Unlikely

Greenland Can Be Independent, But U.S. Statehood Is Unlikely
Greenland Can Be Independent, But U.S. Statehood Is Unlikely

United States: Greenland could give up but will not become a state in the U.S, says Denmark foreign affairs minister. This comes after the U.S President-elect Donald Trump in a recent interview suggested that his administration might use force to seize control of the Arctic Island.

The prime minister of Greenland flew to Copenhagen on Wednesday to hold talks with the Danish monarch after President Trump’s recent comments about the Arctic territory that is now a self-governing Danish territory caused a global interest in the area that holds vast reserves of minerals.

On Tuesday, in a final television interview before his inauguration on the 20 January, Trump said he has discussed the idea of acquiring Greenland using force or threats, including through military action or economic sanctions. The same day, Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr also came to Greenland but kept out of the public eye.

The United States armed forces and the ballistic missile early-warning system have valued Greenland as a member of NATO because Greenland is a direct line from Europe to North America.

According to the Reuters, the president elects as indicated before now, intends to be more provocative on the international stage in a way that is unprecedented for any country.

Greenland is the largest island in the world and is a province of Denmark but autonomous since 1979 as does has fifty-seven thousand inhabitants. The cost and the administration is situated on the island headed by the Prime Minister Mute Egede for the path to independence.

We fully realise that Greenland does have its own agendas. If they materialise, Greenland will become independent, however it is difficult to expect it will have an intention to become a Federal State in the United System,” Danish foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen spoke.

Speaking to journalists, he said the US acquired new security interests in the Arctic as Russia and China became more active in the polar area.

‘I do not believe that we are in a foreign policy crisis,’ he said. “We are ready to discuss with the Americans ideas on how to increase cooperation with them even to the extent when the American intentions are met.”

Nevertheless, while Denmark itself dismissed the threat posed by Trump’s rhetoric on its territory as benign, the returning president boasted of his clear intention to build more borders for the US, rattling European allies only days before the inauguration.

France’s Jean-Noel Barrot stressed that Europe would not allow other nations strike its sovereign borders while not excluding that United States would attack.