A delegation of 11 American politicians consisting of nine congressmen from the Democratic Party as well as two senators from Det The Republican Party is visiting Copenhagen today.
The delegation has just held a meeting with members of Folketinget and Inatsisartut.
At a press conference Chris says Coons, senator for the Democrats, that Greenland's future belongs to the Greenlanders.
- We spoke clearly about the importance of the Greenlandic people making the choice about their own future, he said.
The dialogue is important
Pipaluk Lynge (IA), chairman of the Foreign and Security Policy Committee, also attended the meeting.
- It was really important for us in Inatsisartut to participate in this meeting, because we really want to have a dialogue with them. It is important to us, and I hope that we can continue, she says.
Lisa Murkowski, who is a Republican senator for Alaska, said there had been good dialogue today, but also yesterday, when she and others met with Foreign Affairs Secretary Vivian Motzfeldt (S) and Secretary of State Lars Løkke (Moderates) in Washington D.C.
Aaja Chemnitz, Member of Parliament for IA, concludes the press conference by saying that it has been important for her to tell the Americans about the Greenlandic people.
- We have talked about the human dimension and about what we deals with at home, she says.
How will they stop Trump?
Sermitsiaq asks what the senators will do to stop Trump from taking over Greenland.
But Lisa Murkowski would rather not talk about it. She says, however, that the American system is made up of several departments, of which the Senate is one of them,
- We are being distracted from the purpose of this visit here. It is having this dialogue and hearing from Greenland's population, says Murkowski.
However, she said to an earlier question that the majority of the American people are not interested in taking over Greenland, and neither is she herself.
Pipaluk Lynge says to a question from KNR that it is important that Greenland's voice is heard.
- Therefore, we have presented Greenland's wishes and asked the American politicians to convey our message to their comrades at the start.
- We feel heard, we have had good discussions and we feel understood, she says.
