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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent

Danish PM tells US ‘you cannot annex another country’ on visit to Greenland

Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen (C), Greenland’s acting head of government, Múte B Egede, (R), and newly elected PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen, aboard the Danish navy inspection ship Vaedderen
Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen (C), Greenland’s acting head of government, Múte B Egede, (R), and newly elected PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen, aboard the Danish navy inspection ship Vaedderen on 3 April. Photograph: Mads Claus Rasmussen/EPA

The Danish prime minister has put on a show of unity with Greenlandic leaders in her first visit to the Arctic island since Donald Trump’s renewed threats to acquire the territory, telling the US: “You cannot annex another country.”

Speaking onboard an inspection ship in front of a military helicopter, alongside Greenland’s new prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and its outgoing prime minister, Múte B Egede, Mette Frederiksen switched from Danish to English to address the diplomatic standoff with the Trump administration.

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