With his visit, the French chief diplomat accepted an invitation from the Greenland Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt. On Saturday he first visited the French marine ship “Bamsam Garonne”. The French Foreign Minister pointed out that the region is now affected by a “new aggressiveness”. It is therefore important that France is present there as a “big naval power”.
For Sunday, a meeting with the Greenland head Jens-Frederik Nielsen and Foreign Minister Motzfeldt was on Barrot’s program. In mid -June, France’s head of state Emmanuel Macron Grönland had already visited a visit to insure European solidarity.
Greenland belongs to the former colonial power of Denmark, but is largely autonomous. US President Donald Trump had repeatedly threatened to use the use of violence with the takeover of the huge island area with the takeover of the raw material-rich huge island area.
A few days ago, the Danish television station DR reported that at least three Trump-related employees of the US government had tried to influence in Greenland. The government employees were recently observed in Nuuk how they had tried to find out who of people is for or against approaching the United States.
According to the report, they also tried to collect information about the relationships between Denmark and Greenland. In particular, topics were of interest that led to tensions between Greenland and Denmark and that could be used to put Denmark in a bad light. The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs subsequently appointed the US’s business authority.
