President Donald Trump's special envoy to Greenland, Jeff Landry, who is governor of the state of Louisiana, is on the list of participants for the Future Greenland conference on May 19-20 in Nuuk.
And it will be interesting to see what his intentions are.
This is what editor-in-chief and director of the Sermitsiaq Media House, Masaana Egede, says:
- It will be interesting to see what agenda he brings, because otherwise it seems as if the dialogue has been brought into the framework that was desired, on a diplomatic level. This could be devastating for that.
After former Greenlandic Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt and Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President J.D. Vance in Washington in January, a working group of officials from the three countries has initiated work to resolve the conflict.
A conflict that arises from Trump's repeated desire to gain control over Greenland.
Fasten your bicycle helmet
The Greenland Business Association has emphasized to Sermitsiaq that they have not invited the governor. He is thus participating as a regular paying conference participant.
And Masaana Egede is a bit surprised by that.
- He is standing as a regular guest, and that can in many ways have a special effect. But regardless of what is up and down, his visit will never be interpreted as private, because he is a special envoy and works for Trump with an agenda in Greenland.
On several occasions, American visits to Greenland or statements from Trump over the past few years have sparked a major media circus, where a great deal of focus has been placed on Greenland. And we can prepare for that again, says the editor-in-chief at Sermitsiaq.
- This is just a sign that we have to put on our bicycle helmets once again, he says.
In addition to Donald Trump's special envoy to Greenland, the American ambassador to the Kingdom, Ken Howery, is also on the list of participants for Future Greenland.
