Second lady USHA VANCE Will visit Greek By the end of this week, the White House announced on Sunday, the most prominent visit Trump’s administration looks at the Danish territory.
The second lady has already made several trips abroad, after visiting Paris in February and India earlier this month.
According to the White House, Vance will visit « historic places, will learn about Greenlantic heritage and attend the Greenland dog race in Greenland. » He arrived on Thursday and returned on Saturday.
Her son will join her on the trip, she said the White House, along with a United States Delegation.
National Security Minister Mike Waltz will also travel to Greenland, a family source confirmed in CBS News. Waltz will visit the Pitffi Space Base, said the fountain.
Prime Minister of Greenland, Mute Egede, said that the journey said Washington interfering to Greenland’s internal affairs, according to French AFP news agency.
« It must be clearly said that our integrity and democracy must be respected without foreign interference, » said AFP in Egede, who added that « it cannot be seen as a private visit. »
President Trump first expressed interest in Taking control of Greenlandwhich is currently a semi-autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, during its first administration. The effort has increased since two months ago. In his first speech before a joint session of his second term of office, Mr. Trump pledged that « we will succeed. »
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« We need Greenland for national security and even international security, » the President said during his address on March 4. « I think we will achieve it. One way or another, we will achieve it. »
Egede responded at that timesaying « we are not for sale and it cannot be taken simply. »
Egede said that Mr. Trump was « very unpredictable, so that people feel insecure. » In an election held on March 11, after the intervention of Mr. Trump, Egede’s opposition won, although the party still needs to form a coalition government.
« Greenland needs us to be united in a time of great interest from the outside, » said Democratic Party leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen BBC news. « A unit is needed, so we will go into negotiations with everyone. »
Said Waltz in January That conversations about Greenland are not « just about Greenland, this is the Arctic. »
« You have Russia trying to become a king of the Arctic with 60 more iltic, some of them with nuclear diet, » Waltz said in January. « Do you know how many we have? We have two and a fire finishes. These are critical minerals. It’s about natural resources. »
The son of Mr. Trump, Donald Trump Jr., visited in January Before the President took office. Prior to his visit, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that Greenland is not on sale, but said that he would continue to welcome interest and north -American investment.
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