Denmark summons the American envoy on the report of people linked to Trump trying to promote dissent in Greenlandia

Copenhagen, Denmark – The Denmark Foreign Minister made the main American diplomat in the country convened for conversations after the main national public broadcaster reported on Wednesday that at least three people with connections with President Trump have carried out undercover operations of influence in Greenland.

Greenland, a huge semi -autonomous Danish territory in the Arctic, is coveted by Trump, who has repeatedly called so that the vast mass of earth is attached for the United States. Denmark and Greenland insist that the island rich in minerals is not on sale, while Trump has not ruled out military force despite the fact that Denmark is a NATO ally.

Greenland is located northeast of Canada. The Danish territory has its own elected government. Its location between the United States, Russia and Europe makes it strategic for economic and defense purposes, especially because the fusion of sea ice has opened new shipping routes through the Arctic.

It is also the location of the most northern American military base.

What affirms the Danish station that Americans are doing in Greenland?

On Wednesday, the Danish public station DR reported that government and security sources, which did not appoint, as well as sources not identified in Greenland and the United States, believe that at least three Americans with connections with Mr. Trump have carried out undercover operations of influence in the territory.

He said that his history was based on the information of a total of eight sources, that they believe that the objective is to weaken the relations with Denmark of the Greenland society.

Dr. said he had not been able to clarify whether the Americans were working on their own initiative or on the orders of another person.

The network said that the sources of IT believed that one of the Americans has been compiling lists of citizens of Greenland in favor and against the obertures of Mr. Trump, in an attempt to build a list of citizens on the island that could be recruited for a movement of Greenlandic secession.

The other Americans, according to Dr., “have tried to cultivate contacts with politicians, businessmen and citizens, and the concern of the sources is that these contacts could be used secretly to support Donald Trump’s desire to take care of Greenland.”

Reactions to the Danish television report

In response to DR reports, Denmark Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said in a statement sent to the French news agency News that the Ministry was “aware that foreign actors continue to show an interest in Greenland and its position in the kingdom of Denmark. Therefore, it is not surprising if we experience external attempts to influence the future of the future of the future in the future of the future in the future. ahead “.

“Any attempt to interfere with the internal affairs of the kingdom, of course, will be unacceptable,” he said, confirming that he had “asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to convene the United States for a meeting in the Ministry.”

Carge d’Atives Mark Stroh is currently the highest American diplomat in Greenland.

News themezone has sought comments from the United States Embassy in Denmark and the State Department in Washington about the DR report.

The White House did not offer an immediate comment.

• Why Trump wants Greenland and what Greenland say about it

Trump has repeatedly stated that the United States needs Greenland for national security purposes.

“I’m talking about protecting the free world,” he said in early January. “You look, you don’t even need binoculars, look outside. You have ships from China everywhere. You have Russian ships all over the place. We are not letting that happen. We are not letting happen.”

In May, the leader of Denmark publicly Condemned reports that the United States was gathering intelligence In Greenland.

The Danish security and intelligence service responded to a request for comments by saying that “particularly in the current situation, Greenland is a goal for the campaigns of influence of various types” that could aim to create divisions in the relationship between Denmark and Greenland.

He said that “evaluates that this could be done exploiting existing or manufactured disagreements, for example, in relation to well -known individual cases, or promoting or amplifying certain points of view in Greenland with respect to the kingdom, the United States or other countries with a particular interest in Greenland.”

The service, known for his acronym Danish PET, said that in recent years he has “continually strengthened” his efforts and presence in Greenland in cooperation with the authorities there, and will continue to do so.

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