Greenland: Denmark summons US envoy over report on covert American ‘influence operations’
The American envoy to Denmark was summoned Wednesday by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after the country’s public broadcaster reported that a certain number of American men had tried to carry out “influence operations” in Greenland.
According to a survey by the Danish public broadcaster, DR, at least three Americans with “links” with US President Donald Trump are carrying out active operations in Greenland, which could make it fear that they are working to move public opinion and push Trump’s desire to make Greenland part of the United States.
Greenland, a huge island rich in resources in the Atlantic, is an autonomous territory of Denmark. Trump repeatedly said that he wanted to annex the island, saying that it was necessary for security purposes. Greenland and Denmark are firmly opposed to the idea.
“We are aware that foreign actors continue to show an interest in Greenland and its position in the Kingdom of Denmark. It is therefore not surprising that we live external attempts to influence the future of the kingdom in the coming time,” Danish Minister Lars Lars Lars Lars Lars Larssen in a press release said on Wednesday.
According to Dr. Investigation, which was based on conversations with eight sources through Denmark, Greenland and the United States, the three men carry out operations in an attempt to “infiltrate green society”.
One of the American men involved made a list of Trump supporters in Greenland, in order to recruit them later to establish a secessionist movement on the island, according to the broadcaster.
The other two men contacted politicians, businessmen and other citizens, which worried the authorities they could be used to support Trump’s objective to annex the territory, Dr. reported.
The diffuser could not determine whether or not the men acted under orders. CNN contacted the White House and the Greenland government to comment.
“Any attempted intervention” in Denmark’s internal affairs is “unacceptable,” Rasmussen said in the Wednesday press release.
“Cooperation between the governments of Denmark and Greenland is close and based on mutual trust, just as there is cooperation and close dialogue between the prolonged and Danish authorities concerned,” he continued.
