Denmark to summon US ambassador following Greenland envoy appointment
Al Jazeera
Copenhagen slams Jeff Landry’s statement regarding annexation of the territory as ‘totally unacceptable’.
Denmark has summoned the United States ambassador after President Donald Trump’s appointment of a special envoy to Greenland.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Monday that he was “deeply angered” by the appointment of Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as envoy to the autonomous Danish territory, which Trump has several times threatened to annex.
Rasmussen said he was particularly disturbed by comments from Landry on accepting the appointment that hailed plans “to make Greenland a part of the US”.
Calling the statement “totally unacceptable”, he demanded that Washington respect Danish sovereignty and said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would soon summon the US ambassador for “an explanation”.
Despite Denmark being a NATO ally, Trump has repeatedly antagonised the Nordic state by threatening to take control of Greenland, which is largely self-governing but incorporated into Denmark.
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