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

Greenland’s prime minister calls for calm after Trump comments

Múte Egede standing in front of a painting of snowy mountains
Múte Egede said Greenland and the US were ‘allies, and that is our starting point’. Photograph: Leiff Josefsen/Reuters

Greenland’s prime minister has called for unity, urging citizens not to panic, after being thrown into a geopolitical battle between the US and Denmark by Donald Trump’s interest in taking control of the territory.

Múte Egede said he understood people may be concerned after the incoming US president declined to rule out using military and economic force to gain control of Greenland, but called on his fellow citizens to “put aside differences and stand together”.

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