US EditionGreenland Official Wants Talks with US Without Denmark
Greenland's largest opposition party, Naleraq, won 25% of votes and urges direct US talks without Denmark amid strategic and independence tensions.
- Pele Broberg, leader of Naleraq, urged Greenland to hold direct talks with the US government without Denmark, saying `We encourage our current government actually to have a dialogue with the US government without Denmark.`
- President Donald Trump has recently stepped up threats to take over Greenland, whose strategic location and mineral wealth align with US aims to reduce reliance on China.
- Naleraq's leader noted it doubled its seats to eight in last year's election, winning 25 per cent of the vote in a nation of 57,000, and seeks a US defence deal and `free association`.
- Vivian Motzfeldt said Greenland cannot conduct direct talks with the US without Denmark, and a trilateral meeting with Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers and Marco Rubio is planned next week.
- On Jan 8, NATO ambassadors in Brussels held a `cordial` discussion and broadly agreed to beef up Arctic security, though specific steps remain undecided with some suggesting Baltic Sentry and Eastern Sentry as models.
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Greenland should hold talks with the United States government without Denmark being present, a Greenlandic opposition leader said on Jan. 7, as Washington’s push for control of the Arctic island continues. U.S. President Donald Trump again recently brought up the topic of the United States purchasing Greenland, a self-governing territory which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Trump first expressed interest in Greenland in 2019 during his first…
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The comments come ahead of a planned meeting between the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio next week to address tensions between NATO allies. Motzfeldt said it was important to set Greenland's relationship with Washington on a steady course.
The opposition leader in Greenland already speaks clearly about his preferences: between depending on Copenhagen and relying on Washington, he prefers the latter. 25% of the population gave him their vote in May 2025. More information: Trump forces Denmark to sit at the table to talk about the future of Greenland: "There are several ways to solve it."
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