Trump had repeatedly threatened the USA in the past few months with the takeover of the raw material and strategically important island and did not exclude the use of violence. Trump’s deputy JD Vance had visited the US military base Pituffik in the northwest of Greenland at the end of March, which was widely considered a provocation. Macron is the first head of state of a European country to travel to Greenland since Trump’s annexation threats.
He came together in Nuuk with Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. At a joint press conference, Macron confirmed, among other things, the “territorial integrity” of Greenland.
France is ready to hold joint military exercises with Arctic countries as part of NATO and the NAB8 alliance from Nordic and Baltic countries to ensure the security of the region, the French President announced. The EU also wanted to “accelerate” the implementation of a raw material partnership with Greenland.
