INATSIARTUT GATHERS TO DISCUSS US PRES
On Monday, Inatsisartut gathers for an extra meeting day to discuss the US situation.
– Our country has in the past 14 months found itself in a particularly difficult situation.
– As you know, it is regrettable that statements have been made repeatedly – right up to today – from the USA that Greenland is wanted to be taken over and governed.
These are the first lines of a report on the state of the kingdom, which the chairman of Naalakkersuisut, Jens-Frederik Nielsen (D), will present on Monday in Inatsisartut.
The members of Inatsisartut will gather on Monday, one day earlier than originally planned, for an extra meeting day, which has come about due to the massive pressure that the USA and President Donald Trump have put on Greenland over the past time.
Jens-Frederik: The US wants to rule Greenland
The only item on the agenda is the statement from Jens-Frederik Nielsen, which is published on Inatsisartut’s website prior to the meeting.
Jens-Frederik Nielsen outlines the situation in the statement that the USA is of the opinion that Greenland should be linked to the USA and governed from there:
– The President of the United States has – both before his inauguration in early 2025 and afterwards – continued to make these statements without withdrawing them. Overall, the message and objective are clear: Greenland must be taken over and governed by the USA.
– Unfortunately, this is still valid and unchanged. Recently, the possibility of a military takeover has been rejected, but the view of Greenland and the population has not changed: Greenland must be linked to the United States and governed from there, it says.
Not just Trump
Jens-Frederik Nielsen points out that the statements have not come from presidents alone, but also close collaborators and key decision-makers have made statements that have a “condescending and divisive aim” directed at Greenland and the population.
Jens-Frederik Nielsen states that Naalakkersuisut finds the statements unacceptable, and that Greenland is part of the Kingdom and will continue its development in accordance with the Self-Government Act.
He emphasizes that, in the tense situation, Greenland has received great support from, among other things, the EU countries, and that it has now succeeded in establishing a dialogue with the Americans through the right channels via meetings at high official level.
Must stand together to protect the Self-Government Act
– The dialogue has started, and Naalakkersuisut will work purposefully to ensure that it leads to concrete results, says Jens-Frederik Nielsen, who also states that it is important to stand together to protect Greenland:
– We must stand together to protect the Greenland we know. We must stand together to protect our Self-Government within the framework of the Kingdom, our opportunity to decide our own future and continue our development.
Today’s meeting begins at 11.
