Tuesday has The Foreign Policy Committee in the Danish Parliament has been summoned for briefing on the Kingdom's relationship with the United States, and this time the Greenlandic colleagues in the Foreign and Security Policy Committee in Inatsisartut have been briefed at the same time.
This is stated by the committee in a press release.
Committee chairman Pipaluk Lynge (IA) elaborates to Sermitsiaq that the simultaneous orientation is a result of her knocking on the table:
- This is the first time we have received information at the same time. They are normally only sent to us later, when they have already appeared in the press.
- This is the result of me hitting the table, says Pipaluk Lynge.
Last week the chairman of the committee harshly criticized Danish politicians for having a 'colonialist approach' to the collaboration with Inatsisartut, because Inatsisartut's committee was not briefed at the same time as the Committee in the Folketing, and the criticism from the Danish side has therefore been responded to.
Confident
After the meeting in the Foreign Policy Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lars Løkke Rasmussen tells several media that the American vice president, J.D. Vance, has wanted to participate and will host the meeting on Wednesday between Greenland, Denmark and the United States in Washington.
Pipaluk Lynge says that she is hopeful at the moment:
- I can say that there will finally be a dialogue between the three countries, and I can only be hopeful that it is only the first of many conversations.
- The fact that they have to meet with our foreign minister also shows recognition that we have a system and apparatus that they can talk to.
After the meeting in the Folketing, there has also been further news, namely that Naalakkersuisoq Vivian Motzfeldt (S) and Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen will meet with NATO's Secretary General, Mark Rutte, on Monday.
To that Pipaluk Lynge says:
- I am happy that things are running and that several things have been started. As mentioned, I am hopeful, and we must hope that the Nato alliance can be strengthened in this process.
