As the youngest head of government in Greenland’s history, Jens-Frederik Nielsen was one of the distinguieshed guests at Friday’s events. He took part in a session entitled “One world, multiple visions: who imposes theirs?”, alongside Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot, the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the panel discussion, the Prime Minister stated that Donald Trump had abandoned his plan to annex his country: “Three days ago, the United States special envoy to Greenland told us that Donald Trump had given up on this idea. But the pressure is still there.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During a press conference on the sidelines of his speech, Jens-Frederik Nielsen added that no agreement had been signed between the US President and NATO. On 21 January, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the American President had claimed to have concluded the “framework of a future agreement” with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte regarding Greenland and Arctic security. “Agreements related to Greenland will be discussed in Greenland and by the Greenlandic people,” the Prime Minister stated regarding the matter. “But we have a high-level working group where we dialogue directly, and this working group is active. Its members have held numerous meetings to try to find a solution. But we do not see the end of it yet. We need time to discuss.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Faced with growing interest from global powers in its strategic position, Greenland is reaffirming its desire to work with partners that share its values, including democracy, respect for international law, and national sovereignty.“The key is alliances,” <\/em>the Prime Minister said. “This is the world order as we have known it since World War II. That is why, in Greenland, we have been very clear from the beginning. We chose NATO. We chose the European Union. Because we chose those values. We live in a highly strategic region. We are a massive country with a population of 57,000. Therefore, we will always depend on strong partnerships and alliances. And that is what we are ready to commit to, provided we can treat each other with respect and in compliance with international law.” <\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n Greenland\u2019s position on the world map is not its only asset. The country also possesses strategic resources, particularly rare earth minerals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Prime Minister highlighted that Greenland can contribute to European resilience through these resources, helping reduce dependence on China: \u201cWe genuinely want to contribute to using these resources to support the global order as we know it today, to build partnerships with countries that share democratic values, partners who respect us and who are willing to engage in dialogue in the interests of everyone. This is why I said today that we could help reduce the European Union\u2019s dependence on China for rare earths, for example. But to achieve this, we will first need to reduce risks and then secure supply chains, from Greenland to Europe.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, Jens-Frederik Nielsen thanked the European Union, and \u201cparticularly France,\u201d for providing \u201cunwavering\u201d support in the face of threats to acquire the territory. \u201cThe European Union continues to support us, and we are working to establish a more strategic and closer partnership with it,\u201d he said. \u201cThis means that we now have several projects that it is financially supporting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33184,"template":"","cat-theme":[74],"cat-axe":[],"class_list":["post-34155","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cat-theme-geopolitique-relations-internationales"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n