Denmark requires an American diplomat for information on the increase in intelligence activities in Greenland
Denmark He convened the main American diplomat in the country on Thursday after the publication of an article in “The Wall Street Journal” in which it was reported that Washington had intensified his intelligence activities in Greenland.
Jennifer Hall GodfreyHead in the functions of the United States Embassy in Copenhagen, met the Danese diplomat of high rank Jeppe Transolm-Mikkelsen in the Danish Foreign Ministry after the publication of the American newspaper of Tuesday, according to the Ministry in an e-mail.
The newspaper reported that several high US officials under the director of the National Intelligence Director, Tulsi GabbardThey had “issued a message of emphasis on the compilation” to the heads of the intelligence agencies “, which was subsequently ordered to investigate the movement of independence of Greenland and examine The feeling Around the action of US resources in the Danish territory.
In statements to the public broadcaster “Dr”, Danish foreign affairs, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, declared on Wednesday that his government would have convened US diplomats to ask for a “refutation” or other explanations after the relationship. Rasmussen, who has already scolded the Trump administration for its threats to the sovereignty of Greenland, said that the information in the relationship was “Very worrying” And that the Danish authorities “are analyzing it quite seriously”.
The prime minister puts Frederiksen, he told the AP Agency that “you cannot spy on an ally”. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not facilitated more details, while the Embassy of the United States He refused to comment.
In response to the questions about the report of the “Wall Street Journal”, the Gabbard office issued a declaration in which he indicated that he had made three removable “criminals” to the Department of Justice on Filtration of the intelligence community and which are studied almost a dozen more cases of losses.
“” The Wall Street Journal “should be ashamed to help the actors of the deep state trying to undermine the political president and filtering classified information,” wrote Gabbard. “They are violating the law and undermining the safety and democracy of our nation. Those who filter classified information They will be found and count with all the weight of the law. “
Greenland oppose the United States control.
The Danish autonomous territory was Speech from Trumpwho said that the property and control of Greenland are necessary for national security reasons. Greenland is a sowing bed Critic raw materials and rare earthsand analysts say that the district of the Arctic presents strategic opportunities Greater for trade, energy and transport in a region where geopolitical rivals contest the influence.
The United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said that Washington will respect the car -determination From Greenland, while saying that Greenland “does not want to be part of Denmark”.
However, according to Opinion survey Published in January, 85% of Greenlandians do not want their island to join the United States. The Prime Minister of Greenland declared last month that the statements of the White House on the Arctic island, rich in minerals, were disrespectfulAnd that “it will never be a property that anyone can buy”. In one Visit on the island last monthFrederiksen insisted, a message addressed to the United States, that “another country cannot be attached”.
