Greenland's prime minister has announced that the island will hold general elections on March 11 amid US interest in acquiring the territory.
"We are in the midst of a serious time. A time that we have never experienced in our country. This is not the time for internal division," Reuters quotes prime minister Mute Egede as saying on social media.
The top issues in the election campaign are expected to be Greenland's independence aspirations and relations with Denmark and the United States as well as the fragile economy which depends on fishing and Danish grants.
Sources report that calls for full independence from Denmark has gathered momentum in recent years, and all five parliamentary parties support this policy. They are however divided on how to achieve this goal.
New US president Donald Trump has repeatedly voiced aspirations to take control of Greenland as a strategic foothold in the Arctic.
Theodor Lisovoy, Managing Editor, Rough&Polished
