US vice-president JD Vance announces that he will participate in the controversial visit-Liberation
Enough to get a notch the tension around this displacement. US vice-president JD VANCE announced on Tuesday evening, March 25 in the evening that he would join the visit scheduled for his wife USHA VANCE in Greenland on Friday. « There was so much excitement around Usha’s visit to Greenland Friday that I decided that I did not want to let her have fun on my own and I will therefore join her ”, he justified in a video published on the X platform.
The former Ohio senator added that he would meet members of « Space Force », the sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces, installed in Pituffik, a small town in the northwest of the territory. Jd vance also pointed out that once there, he would be interested in particular in the questions of « securityImplying the immense Arctic Island.
« »Many other countries have threatened Greenland, have threatened to use its territory and its waters to threaten the United States « argued the American vice-president, taking up the argument of his mentor Donald Trump. Because for the latter, Annex Greenland Responds well to a national security imperative for the United States, or even for the whole world.
Apart from JD Vance and his wife, USHA, were already planned for this trip to Greenland National Security Advisor Mike Waltzand the Minister of Energy Chris Wright. Usha vance, on a visit « Private » From Thursday to Saturday, it has planned to attend a national trainee dog race in Sisimiut, on the northwest coast. According to the local press, the event was largely sponsored by the American consulate in Nuuk.
The late announcement of the arrival of the American vice-president did not fail to angered the Danish and Greenlandic political class. « We cannot organize a private visit with official representatives from another country », reacted this Tuesday evening The Danish government’s heads puts Frederiksen in an interview with the Danish press. “The pressure exerted on Greenland and Denmark in this situation is unacceptable. And it is a pressure to which we will resist ”she added, hammering having the support of her allies across Europe.
Greenland is awaiting a government after The holding of legislative elections March 11 which saw the victory of the center-right. On Facebook, the outgoing government recalled that he did not « Sent no invitation for visits, whether private or official ». « The current government is a transitional government pending the formation of a new government coalition, and we have asked all countries to respect this process, » Is it written. « No member of the official Greenlandic system invited these so-called tourists »also insisted the deputy Aaja Chemnitz, who represents Greenland in the Danish parliament.
Outgoing Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute Egede had already denounced a « Foreign interference ». « It should be noted that our integrity and our democracy must be respected », had he stressed, adding that there would be « No meeting » With this American delegation.
