Copenhagen, Denmark – Denmark says that he will summon the main American diplomat in the country for an explanation after a Wall Street Journal report on the United States intensifying intelligence compilation Green Earthto Semi -autonomous Danish territory coveted by the president Donald Trump.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, told the Dr station outside a meeting on Wednesday with colleagues in Poland that Denmark would summon Charge d’Affires of the United States to find a “refutation” or other explanation after the report.
The Journal, citing two people familiar with the effort of the United States that he did not identify, informed that several high -ranking officials under the US National Intelligence Director, UU., Tulsi Gabbard, had directed the heads of the intelligence agency to learn more about the independence movement and the feeling of the independence of Greenland about the extraction of US resources.
The United States Embassy did not immediately respond to the Electronic Associated Press emails on Thursday in search of comments on whether the US diplomat in Copenhagen, Jennifer Hall Godfrey, had received a citation. The Danish Foreign Ministry, in an email, did not comment beyond referring to Rasmussen’s comments.
Rasmussen, who has He scolded the Trump administration Regarding his criticism of the NATO Denmark and Greenland ally, he said that the information in the report was “very worrying” and “we did not spy on friends.”
“We are seeing this very seriously,” he added.
Greenland The prime minister said last month That American statements about the Arctic Island rich in minerals have been disrespectful and “never, it will never be a property that anyone can buy for anyone.”
On a visit to the island last month, said Denmark Prime United States during a visit to Greenland that “it cannot be attached to another country”, even with the argument made by US officials that international security is at stake.
The Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, said that Washington will respect the self -determination of Greenland and claimed that the Greenlands “do not want to be part of Denmark.”
