Greenland PM: Don't know details of Trump-NATO deal framework, but sovereignty is a 'red line'

Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a press conference Thursday he doesn’t know what’s in the “framework” deal that President Donald Trump announced after meeting with NATO’s leader a day earlier.

But Nielsen stressed that no deal involving Greenland can be struck without the island and its governing kingdom of Denmark having a say.

And any such deal must respect Greenland’s “red lines” — including its sovereignty and territorial integrity, he added.

“We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU. We choose NATO,” Nielsen told the press in Nuuk. “This is not only a situation for Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark, it’s about the world order for all of us.”

The remarks echoed Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s earlier statement maintaining that Greenland’s sovereignty is non-negotiable.