Greenland does not not want to be a part of the United States of America, the Chairman of the Greenlandic Parliament Jens-Frederik Nielsen said.
According to translated comments reported by Danish public broadcaster DR, Nielsen said Greenland chose Denmark, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union over the U.S..
“We are in a geopolitical crisis. If we have to choose between the USA and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark,” he said.
Nielsen made these comments as he stood beside Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at a news conference in Copenhagen ahead of discussions with U.S. officials.
"The time has not come for internal discussions and division,” he said. “The time is to stand together and build on the community we know.”
This comes after Frederiksen urged U.S. President Donald Trump to stop threatening to take over Greenland.
She reiterated these comments in the press conference and said small countries should not have to fear larger countries.
"It has not been easy to stand up to completely unacceptable pressure from our closest allies for a lifetime,” she said.
“But there is much evidence that the hardest part is still ahead of us.”
Frederiksen also explained that Denmark was ready to invest in more surveillance and security in the Arctic and that the U.S. has wide access to this area.
“If it is about security in the Arctic, we are driven by a steely determination to ensure security policy,” she said.
These comments come after Donald Trump said the U.S. was considering a range of options to acquire Greenland, including buying the territory or taking it by military force.
