'Challenge remains': Danish FM comments on Trump's statements about Greenland in Davos

'Challenge remains': Danish FM comments on Trump's statements about Greenland in Davos

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Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen called Donald Trump's promise in Davos not to resort to force to take control of Greenland positive.

According to Ukrinform, Bloomberg reported this in an article.

It is noted that Rasmussen missed Trump's speech in Davos because he was meeting at the time with members of the Danish parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. However, he was briefed on Trump's statements.

"What is clear after this speech is that the president's ambition [to own Greenland] remains intact. It is, in isolation, positive that it is being said that military force will not be used, but that does not make the problem go away. The challenge is still there," he told journalists.

Read also: UK not to yield to pressure from Trump on Greenland — Starmer

The foreign minister added that Denmark plans to continue the diplomatic course agreed last week in Washington.

He emphasized that "in 2026, you do not trade people, you trade with people."

As Ukrinform previously reported, in Davos Trump once again stated the United States' intention to seek control over Greenland, while promising not to use force to seize it.

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