Greenland’s prime minister on Monday sought to downplay the prospect of an imminent U.S. takeover attempt, following renewed interest in the mineral-rich Arctic island by President Donald Trump.
Speaking at a news conference shortly after Trump’s military operation in Venezuela over the weekend, Greenland’s Jens Frederik Nielsen dismissed concerns that something similar could happen to the self-governing Danish territory.
“The situation is not such that the United States can simply conquer Greenland,” Greenland’s Nielsen said Monday at a press conference.
“Our country is not really the right one to compare with Venezuela,” he added, according to a CNBC translation.
“We are a country that is democratic and has been democratic for many, many years. If we look at the whole picture, we can understand that some people are concerned,” Nielsen said.
