Greenland PM: We Want More U.S. Partnership on Minerals, Support Boosting Arctic Defense

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede stated that while they don’t want to be a part of America, there are a lot of areas for cooperation, including on boosting defense in the Arctic region and greater American partnership with regards to Greenland’s minerals.

Egede said that a strong partnership between the U.S. and Greenland is crucial, but “We don’t want to be Danes. We don’t even want to be Americans. We want to be Greenlanders. But we know that we have a lot…to cooperate together with, especially with the defense and security for the last years, we also have a strong partnership between our countries. So, I believe we have a lot to cooperate with.”

He added, “We will always be a strong partner for [the] U.S. We are close neighbors. We have been cooperating in the last 80 years. And I think, in the future, they have a lot to offer to cooperate with. But we want to also be clear, we don’t want to be Americans. We don’t want to be a part of [the] U.S., but we want strong cooperation together with [the] U.S.”  (Read More)