Prime Minister of Greenland Mout Borup Egede said that “we are not selling” after the elected US President Donald Trump proposed acquiring the island that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
“We will not sell and will not be sold. We should not lose our long struggle for freedom,” the Egeda says in an ANADOLE agency.
Greenland occupies a central position in the Arctic region, which is becoming more and more important in connection with the melting of ice and the discovery of new trade routes due to the climatic crisis. Greenland is the largest island in the world. Greenland also has rich underground reserves.
Trump on December 23, in his account on the Truth Social Slts’ Clots, that for the United States, it is absolutely necessary to own Greenland to “ensure national security and freedom around the world.”
At the same time, Egeda noted that the island is still open to cooperation and trade with the whole world, primarily with neighboring countries.
The US decision to reopen its consulate in Nuuka, the capital of Greenland in 2020, was evaluated as a persecuting goal to promote direct contacts and cooperation in projects related to renewable energy sources and mineral resources
The Arctic region in which Greenland is located has been the struggle for the influence between the United States, Russia and China for many years. Trump also seeks to strengthen the influence of the United States in the Arctic in order to confront the military expansion of Russia and the growing presence of China.
In 2019, Trump already offered Denmark to buy an island. However, then Copenhagen sharply rejected the proposal of the American leader, and the country’s Prime Minister Mette Fredericksen called him “absurd.”
Greenland relations with the United States and Denmark have their own characteristics related to geopolitical interests, military strategy and economic problems.
An island with an area of more than 2 million square kilometers became a colony of the Kingdom of Denmark-Norwegia after the colonization of the island of the Danes began in 1721.
Greenland fell under the US protectorate during the Second World War. After the war in 1945, the island was returned to Denmark. In 1943, the United States created a military base here to protect their interests in the North Atlantic.
In 1946, US President Harry Truman offered to buy Greenland from Denmark for $ 100 million in gold in connection with the geopolitical and strategic significance of the island. Denmark rejected this proposal, but allowed the United States to maintain a military presence on the island.
In 1979, Denmark granted Greenland self -government, while the country retained control over a number of regions, including international relations, defense, foreign exchange issues and the legal system of the island.