- It gives hope that there will be more dialogue, and that is what I have hoped for. Then we have to take it from there, says Pipaluk Lynge (IA), chairman of Inatsisartut's Foreign and Security Policy Committee, to Sermitsiaq.
She is reacting to the fact that Wednesday marked a preliminary culmination of the intense pressure that the US president has placed on Greenland and the Kingdom through his statements that the US should take over the country.
After the meeting with US Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Greenlandic Prime Minister Vivian Motzfeldt (S) and Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen were able to say that there is a fundamental disagreement about Greenland, but that a so-called high-level group will try to clarify the problems.
Received briefing from NATO
The meeting result gives Pipaluk Lynge hope in the midst of the highly tense situation:
- It is reassuring and hopeful that dialogue has begun, because we have missed it, and it signals that we can now talk to each other. That is the most important thing, she says, emphasizing that Greenland must focus on the working group:
- We must hope for the best and focus on the working group that will be launched.
Pipaluk Lynge says that the Foreign and Security Policy Committee has just received a briefing from NATO about the situation in Greenland, and here the committee has also underlined the coalition's support for Naalakkersuisut:
- It has been much needed, and it has been good to talk to someone who has their finger on the pulse, so that we can keep up with what NATO can give us, and we could also give them that the coalition fully supports Jens-Frederik Nielsen and Vivian Motzfeldt, she says and continues:
- I think it is very important as a parliamentarian to also pass on that message at the parliamentary level, and that is why I am also happy to meet with American senators tomorrow together with the Foreign Policy Committee in the Folketing.
Concerns about Chinese and Russian ships should be addressed
The meeting with the US senators will take place in Copenhagen on Friday, and Pipaluk Lynge says that the committee is on its way to Denmark.
- We parliamentarians are doing what we can in this situation, through the channels we have with our allies, she explains.
On Wednesday, it also emerged that there will be military exercises in the near future and international military reinforcements will arrive in Greenland.
Pipaluk Lynge is willing to work to find a solution to the concerns expressed by the American side, which in her opinion can also contribute to increased security in Greenland.
- I think we have a task as elected officials to compromise with NATO and the USA so that we can find a solution together to this concern.
- If there is concern about whether there are Chinese and Russian ships, then monitoring is needed to see if there are any ships at all and the like.
- It will provide a form of security when we know what is and what is not.
