COPENHAGEN \u2013 Canada and France, which both adamantly oppose Donald Trump’s wish to control Greenland, will open consulates in the Danish autonomous territory’s capital on Friday, in a strong show of support for the local government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since returning to the White House last year, Trump has repeatedly insisted that Washington needs to control the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island for security reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The US president last month backed off his threats to seize Greenland after saying he had struck a “framework” deal with NATO chief Mark Rutte to ensure greater American influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A US-Denmark-Greenland working group has been established to discuss ways to meet Washington’s security concerns in the Arctic, but the details of the talks have not been made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Denmark and Greenland have said they share Trump’s security concerns, they have insisted that sovereignty and territorial integrity are a “red line” in the discussions<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“In a sense, it’s a victory for Greenlanders to see two allies opening diplomatic representations in Nuuk,” said Jeppe Strandsbjerg, a political scientist at the University of Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“There is great appreciation for the support against what Trump has said.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
French President Emmanuel Macron announced Paris’s plans to open a consulate during a visit to Nuuk in June, where he expressed Europe’s “solidarity” with Greenland and criticised Trump’s ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The newly-appointed French consul, Jean-Noel Poirier, has previously served as ambassador to Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canada meanwhile announced in late 2024 that it would open a consulate in Greenland to boost cooperation<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The opening of the consulates is “a way of telling Donald Trump that his aggression against Greenland and Denmark is not a question for Greenland and Denmark alone, it’s also a question for European allies and also for Canada as an ally, as a friend of Greenland and the European allies also,” Ulrik Pram Gad, Arctic expert at the Danish Institute of International Studies, told AFP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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