Denmark, as the executive energy over Greenland and the Faroe Islands, has confronted mounting strain to bolster its Arctic safety and preserve stability within the area, whereas Trump’s ambitions kicked up a notch this week as he refused to rule out navy motion to seize the world’s largest island from Denmark.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Greenlandic Prime Minister Múte Egede and Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen and Faroese chief Aksel Johannesen have been additionally additionally in attendance on the summit.
Hoydal accused Copenhagen of treating the Faroe Islands and Greenland like “chess items.”
“Not to be impolite, Denmark has used the Faroe Islands and Greenland in its relationship to NATO and the USA like chess items,” mentioned Hoydal, suggesting that Denmark exploits Greenland and Faroe Island’s strategic significance within the Arctic for a geopolitical benefit.
“But if we’re going to be used as chess items, it’s as much as us how we transfer on the chessboard,” he concluded.