The Prime Minister of Greenland protests against a high -level American visit, seen as “a force demonstration”

The outgoing Prime Minister of Greenland, Mute Egede, vigorously denounced, Monday, March 24, the upcoming visit of American officials, including the national security advisor, in this Danish autonomous territory that the American president, Donald Trump, says he wants to annex.

The White House announced Sunday that Usha Vance, the wife of the American vice-president, JD Vance, would make an official trip from Thursday to Saturday with a delegation to attend a national trainee dog race. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz will also go to Greenland this week, according to Egede, as well as the Minister of Energy, Chris Wright, according to the American press. Their program has not yet been disclosed.

“Our integrity and our democracy must be respected, without any external interference”wrote Mute Egede on Facebook on Monday. These visits indeed arise at a critical moment for Greenland, in the middle of negotiations in order to form a government coalition. “The Americans have been clearly informed that there will only be any meetings after entering the functions of a new one” Government from recent local legislative elections, added Egede.

Since the defeat of his ecological left party in these elections, the latter has directed the acting Greenland pending the constitution of a new government. In an interview with the Greenlandic daily Sermitaqhe urged the international community on Sunday and its European allies to react and display their support more firmly.

“The new American administration is completely laughing at what we have built together. Now, his only objective is to seize our country, without consulting us ”was outraged Mute Egede, who considers that the visit of the American delegation on Greenlandic soil is proof of this. These are not“A simple harmless visit to the wife of a politician”he insisted. “Why would a national security advisor go to Greenland?” Its only objective is to impose a demonstration of strength to us (…). Its only presence in Greenland will strengthen the conviction of the Americans with regard to the feasibility of the annexation and the pressure will increase after this visit. »»

“Aggressive approach”

His probable successor, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the chief of the center winning the ballot, recently described as “Moved” Donald Trump's comments on a future annexation of Greenland. Mid-March, the American president had estimated that the annexation by the United States was going to end up ” arrive “ and that she would promote the “International security”.

The announcement of this official visit by the United States is to be seen as “An aggressive approach”against the tide of any diplomatic tradition, judge Ulrik Pram Gad, researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies, with the Agency France-Presse (AFP). When a country seeks to form a government, “As a friendly or ally neighbor, normally, we do not get involved”. “They were not invited by the Greenlanders, they were not invited by the Danes, they simply announced that they would go there”he notes. The United States is now seen as a heavy threat to Greenland, argues Ulrik Pram Gad.

From Copenhagen to Nuuk, politicians condemn the insistent inclinations of Donald Trump to get their hands on this huge Arctic island. If all the main Greenlandic parties are favorable to the independence of this territory in the more or less long term, none supports the idea of ​​a attachment to Washington. According to polls, the population of 57,000 inhabitants is also massively opposed to this Donald Trump project.

Large as four times France, Greenland has a strategic interest because of its location-it is on the shortest route for the trajectory of possible missiles between the United States and Russia-and its mineral wealth.