COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark says it should summon the highest U.S. diplomat within the nation for an evidence following a Wall Road Journal report about america stepping up intelligence gathering on Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory coveted by President Donald Trump.
Danish Overseas Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen advised broadcaster DR outdoors a gathering Wednesday with colleagues in Poland that Denmark would summon the U.S. chargé d’affaires to hunt a “rebuttal” or different clarification following the report.
The Journal, citing two folks accustomed to the U.S. effort that it didn’t establish, reported that a number of high-ranking officers below the U.S. director of nationwide intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, had directed intelligence company heads to be taught extra about Greenland’s independence motion and sentiment about U.S. useful resource extraction there.
Rasmussen, who has beforehand scolded the Trump administration over its criticism of NATO ally Denmark and Greenland, mentioned the knowledge within the report was “very worrying” and “we don’t spy between friends.”
“We are looking at this with quite a lot of seriousness,” he added.
Greenland’s prime minister mentioned final month that U.S. statements concerning the mineral-rich Arctic island have been disrespectful and it “will never, ever be a piece of property that can be bought by just anyone.”
In a go to to the island final month, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen mentioned, addressing america throughout a go to to Greenland that “you cannot annex another country,” even with the argument made by U.S. officers that worldwide safety is at stake.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has mentioned Washington will respect Greenland’s self-determination and alleged that Greenlanders “don’t want to be a part of Denmark.”
