A member of the Parliament of Greenland, chairman of the largest opposition party in parliament, Naleraka, and former Foreign Minister of the island, Pele Broberg, said that Greenland and Denmark have nothing in common, they have different cultures.
"We have nothing in common with Denmark. Nothing. We don't have the same culture. We don't have the same language. Nothing," Broberg said.
Even before taking office as head of state, US President Donald Trump said that Greenland should become part of the United States, and stressed its strategic importance for national security and the protection of the "free world," including from China and Russia.
Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede said that the island is not for sale and will never be sold. At the same time, Trump refused to promise not to use military force to establish control over Greenland.
Greenland was a colony of Denmark until 1953. It remains part of the kingdom, but in 2009 it gained autonomy with the possibility of self-government and independent choice in domestic politics, ria.ru reports.
Alex Shishlo, Editor in Chief of the European Bureau, Rough&Polished
