It is taking a long time to form a government in Denmark, and that is troublesome for Greenland.
Greenland is under great pressure according to the chairman of Naalakkersuisut, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and it is important that Denmark has a government.
- I would like to have a Danish government soon. That would be great for us in Greenland. Because when we talk about foreign policy and defense and so on, it is about the Kingdom of Denmark, that is, Greenland and Denmark together, says Jens-Frederik Nielsen in a stage interview at the Democracy Summit.
The chairman of Naalakkersuisut is in Copenhagen on Tuesday, where he is participating in the international conference with, among others, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) and former US national security advisor John Bolton.
Landry is coming to Nuuk
In a week, a major conference "Future Greenland" will be held in Nuuk, where, among others, US President Donald Trump's special envoy to Greenland, Jeff Landry, will participate.
No representatives of the acting Danish government will be coming to the conference.
Jens-Frederik Nielsen cannot answer whether he will meet with Jeff Landry in connection with the conference.
- I don't know yet. If he wants to meet, I need to have a clear agenda for what he wants. We know this game in Greenland. We have been under this pressure for 15-16 months, says the head of government.
Demands respect for Greenland
He demands respect for Greenland's position. Greenland is not for sale. Greenland will not accept threats of takeover.
- Imagine as head of government that you have to tell people that we cannot rule out anything. Just being there, I think, shows how seriously we have taken the situation, he says.
On the other hand, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, if you respect Greenland as a country, is ready to negotiate and meet with Americans to talk about business cooperation and natural resource extraction. And security.
- We are ready to do more. To take greater responsibility in the alliance (NATO, ed.) when it comes to international security. We are ready to have broader and better business cooperation, says Jens-Frederik Nielsen.
He will not go into details about the negotiation track that is still running between the USA, Greenland and Denmark, after Donald Trump has said several times in recent years that he will take over Greenland.
- We are negotiating, but we do not have an agreement, says Jens-Frederik Nielsen.
