The Vice President of the United States accused JD Vance Denmark of leaving the weak Greenland of the alleged incursions from China and Russia, as it urged its people to “partner” with the United States.
Speaking during a visit to the Arctic Island, Vans said that he hoped that Greenland would vote for Denmark's independence, who said he had not invested enough to protect the semi -wealthy lands.
Vans claims that her Denmark's ally “did not do a good job” in protecting Greenland after repeated US threats to control the island.
and The overwhelming majority From Greenlander opposes the idea of annexation, a survey showed in January. The Prime Minister in Greenland said that the American visit showed “lack of respect.”
Denmark King Frederick rejected the American plan.
“We live in a changing fact,” the king said on social media on Friday.
“There should be no doubt that my love for Greenland and my interdependence with the people of Greenland is sound.”
On Friday's visit to the Pitufik Space base, missile defense attachment in the north of the remote island, Vans told a press conference that Russia, China and other countries were “do not care” in roads and minerals in the region.
It is believed that the island of 57,000 people with huge non -exploited reserves and oil.
The vice president said the United States has no immediate plans to expand the American military presence on the ground, but it will invest more resources, including marine ships and military ice scanners.
“Our message to Denmark is very simple,” Vans said.
“You did not do a good job by the Greenland people. You have been invested in the people of Greenland, and I have been invested in security engineering for this wonderful and wonderful land.”
He also said that Denmark had failed to “preserve the people of Greenland in a safe from many of the very aggressive incursions from Russia, from China and other countries”, without providing further details.
The Vice President said the people of Greenland will have a “self -determination” and that the United States will respect its sovereignty.
“We hope that they will choose partnership with the United States, because we are the only nation on the ground that will respect their sovereignty and respect their security, because their security is our security to a large extent,” he said.
Vans joined his wife, the second lady, Usha Fans, US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, and Energy Minister Chris Wright.
The external temperature was in Pituffik -3F (-19 C).
The second American lady was originally scheduled to travel to Greenland with her son only to attend the dog race in the town of Sisimiut.
But after setting the date of many protests, the Sisimiut visit was canceled and replaced by the station only at the military base.
Returning to the White House, President Donald Trump insisted that the United States need Greenland to ensure “peace of the whole world” and that its waterways were “Chinese and Russian ships everywhere.”
“We need Greenland, and most importantly, for international security,” he said.
“We have to have Greenland. It is not an issue:” Do you think we can do without it? “We cannot.”
He said that Denmark and the European Union understood the situation “and if they did not, we will have to explain it to them.”
In a BBC statement, Danish Prime Minister Metty Frederksen assumed a problem with Vans.
She said, “For many years, we stood together with Americans in very difficult situations,” she said. “Therefore, it is not an accurate way for the vice president to refer to Denmark.”
She said that Denmark has increased significantly from defensive spending, but will enhance its investments with more monitoring, new Arctic ships, long -term drones and satellite capacity.
“We are ready-night and day-to cooperate with the Americans,” she said. “Cooperation that must be based on the international rules necessary for the game.”
Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the new Prime Minister in Greenland, said before Vans's visit showed “the lack of respect for the green people.”
In the capital of Nok in Greenland, some people who spoke with them from the BBC did not win.
At the city's cultural center, the artist Carlin Polsen said: “There are many ways to say things. But I think the way President Trump says is not the way.”
A woman only gave her name as Nina said: “I am concerned (about the visit). This is a kind of strange, I don't like it.”
Her daughter, Anita, said that the visit caused “a lot of uncertainty and many people feel anxious.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he considered Trump's plans for Greenland “dangerous.”
He expressed concern that “NATO countries, in general, are increasingly set the far north as a starting point for potential conflicts.”
