Copenhagen, Denmark
AP
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Denmark’s international minister had the highest US diplomat in the nation summoned for talks after the primary nationwide broadcaster reported Wednesday that no less than three individuals with connections to President Donald Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland.
Greenland, an enormous semi-autonomous Danish territory in the Arctic, is coveted by Trump. Denmark, a NATO ally of the United States, and Greenland have stated the island is not for sale and condemned studies of the US gathering intelligence there.
Public broadcaster DR reported Wednesday that authorities and safety sources which it didn’t title, in addition to unidentified sources in Greenland and the US, consider that no less than three Americans with connections to Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in the territory.
It stated its story was based mostly on info from a complete of eight sources, who consider the objective is to weaken relations with Denmark from inside Greenlandic society.
DR stated it had been unable to make clear whether or not the Americans had been working at their very own initiative or on orders from another person.
“We are aware that foreign actors continue to show an interest in Greenland and its position in the Kingdom of Denmark,” Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen stated in an announcement emailed by his ministry. “It is therefore not surprising if we experience outside attempts to influence the future of the Kingdom in the time ahead.”
“Any attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of the Kingdom will of course be unacceptable,” Løkke Rasmussen stated. “In that light, I have asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to summon the U.S. chargé d’affaires for a meeting at the Ministry.”
He added that cooperation between the governments of Denmark and Greenland “is close and based on mutual trust.”