Want to push Russia and China from Greenland

Carla Sands, US Ambassador to Denmark 2017-2021, pointed this out in an interview with the US news station News Nation This weekend, but the interview took place after US President Donald J. Trump repeatedly had the United States needed Greenland's security.

As the US ambassador to Denmark, Sand was also ambassador to Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The Sands' website, Carlasands.com, says that during its ambassador time, the United States increased exports to Denmark by 45%. « Her main goal as ambassador was to strengthen the defense of the United States by establishing a consulate in Greenland. With the cooperation of government agencies and the parliament, its goal was reached 2020.

Against Russia and China

At the same time, she made successful trade and cooperation agreements with Greenland and the Faroe Islands to counter the harmful effects of Russia and Chinese, ”says her website.

It has now been four years since Sand resigned from the US ambassador to Denmark and it can be stated that security in Greenland has rarely been as much in the debate as in recent weeks. The occasion is, of course, President Trump's comments on Greenland, but he emphasized, among other things, in his speech in the days that Greenland should belong to the United States, and so he did the same at a meeting with Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General NATO, in the White House the previous day.

« We really need Greenland because of national security, » Trump said at the Rutte meeting. It was on this occasion that News Nation searched for sand.

« I believe this solution involves common sense. Unchanged position is unsustainable. Denmark cannot afford to develop Greenland and also cannot afford to defend Greenland. Denmark simply does not have the ability to do so. The country's economy is the size of the Colorado state economy. So we need to secure our defense to the northeast and Greenland, the world's largest island, just beyond the Northeast coast, which is one -third of the US size, is mostly unprotected. When I took over in 2017, the United States was mostly absent in the Arctic. We have a military base called Pituffik in Northern Greenland, but in other respects we had not had diplomatic relations for years, « said Sands in a loose significance.

Asked if Greenland needs to be defended for China, Sands said they were looking to both China and Russia. « Russia has been doing many things around Greenland. Certainly the Russians have the submarines and the frigates, but China is really the biggest threat … because China tried to pull Greenland into its belt plan and broke in 2017, « said Sands

You can read more about the issue in the Saturday newspaper Morgunblaðið.