When requested if he had spoken with the incoming U.S. President, Egede mentioned “no, however we’re prepared to speak,” echoing Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s assertion on Thursday that she had requested to talk with Trump.
As to what form the Danish-Greenlandic relationship would possibly entail sooner or later, Egede instructed that Greenland desires to be in cost: “There may be extra that unites us however the need to be grasp of 1’s personal home is comprehensible to everybody on this planet.”
“When I’ve to speak to a different nation’s chief, I’ve to be along with the Danish ambassador. It’s issues like these the place we want to have our personal voice. That, I feel, is legit, when one desires to construct their county on these values,” Egede mentioned.
Frederiksen, for her half, emphasised the necessity to stand collectively to have a seat on the world desk, to deal with the three-fold pressures on Arctic from the U.S, China and Russia.
“What issues probably the most proper now’s getting extra elbow room in international coverage. It’s one thing that we’re ,” she mentioned.
