Greenland strengthens Danish ties as it eyes independence

We don't want to be Americans. We don't either want to be Danes in the future. We want to be independent. But right now we are part of the Kingdom of Denmark and that's how it's going to be,

Nielsen added

Greenland will never be a part of America ... We want to trade. We want a strong partnership on national security, of course, but we want it in mutual respect. We will never be for sale and we will never be Americans,

Nielsen said

We are in the Kingdom of Denmark right now, and as long as we are in this construction, we need to build our relationship and build our partnership to get it stronger until the day we can be a sovereign nation,

Nielsen said

We have a strong partnership with Denmark, and that's what we're going to build on until the day we can be sovereign,

he added

What we think is going to happen is that the Greenlanders are going to choose through self-determination to become independent of Denmark, and then we’re going to have conversations with the people of Greenland from there,

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Here’s the Prime Minister, not working with President Trump, but trying to go to war with President Trump,

she told DailyMail

Denmark is our closest partner, and it is natural that we meet as soon as possible,

Nielsen wrote in a post on Facebook

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Our message to Denmark is very simple: you have not done a good job by the people of Greenland,

Mr Vance said

I think there's a good possibility that we could do it without military force... This is world peace, this is international security, ... I don't take anything off the table.”

he said, but added

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I don’t care.”

When asked what message his threats sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin, given the invasion of Ukraine and annexation of regions, Trump replied

At a time when we as a people are under pressure, we must stand together,

the former minister of industry and minerals said at the conference in his hometown, Nuuk

We must respond with peace, dignity and unity

he said in a statement

This has to happen, and the reason, I hate to say it, is because our friends in Denmark have not done their job in keeping this area safe,

he said

The United States won’t get that."

Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a pithy six-word response when asked about Trump's weekend comments

Arctic security, an issue discovered by Trump and Vance very recently, was a preoccupation for decades during and after the cold war,

he wrote

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We know that too often our allies in Europe have not kept pace, they haven't kept pace with military spending and Denmark has not kept pace in devoting the resources necessary to keep this base, to keep our troops, and in my view, to keep the people of Greenland safe from a lot of very aggressive incursions from Russia, China and other nations with interest in this area,

Vance told reporters

I look forward to continuing the close and trusting cooperation between Greenland and Denmark together with Jens-Frederik Nielsen and the rest of the Government of Greenland,

Frederkisen commented ahead of the trip

It is a situation that calls for unity across political parties. Across the countries in the Danish Realm. And on cooperation in a respectful and equal way,

Frederiksen remarked

Greenland has just been through a good democratic process and formed a broad government. It is important for me to visit and greet the future Chairman of the Government of Greenland as soon as possible,

she said, referring to a snap election earlier in March

We do not belong to anyone else,

Nielsen wrote on Facebook, ... adding the