“You see a lot of rumors in the media, and I do not comment on these rumors,” said the Danish minister. “Denmark’s response was fairly clear: the Minister of Foreign Affairs invited the ambassador to a meeting last week (to file a demonstration), and he said his position very clear.”
Prime Minister Put Frederiksen also stressed that “you cannot spy on an ally”.
Although Egede du Greenland did not address spy reports, he clearly criticized the American president: “We have been good partners, but what Trump does now, we don’t like it.”
Egede said Trump’s claims had brought Greenland closer not only to Denmark but also to the EU. Danish autonomous territory voted during a 1982 referendum to leave the European communities, a forerunner of the EU, and officially left the Bloc in 1985.
Egede added that he was ready to discuss a mineral agreement with Brussels.
“We have 27 out of the 35 critical minerals want the EU. But there have been too much blah-blah-blah-we need action, we need growth in our country, and (if) the EU or the United States want our critical documents, they need to speak to us,” said Deputy Prime Minister.
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