Jeff Landry, who has overtly backed making the territory a part of the US, claimed he acquired an invite to the occasion
The organizers of Greenland’s premier canine sled race have mentioned the presence of US President Donald Trump’s envoy Jeff Landry on the occasion could be “wholly inappropriate,” and launched a probe into his alleged invitation. Landry has overtly backed Trump’s push to include the Arctic island into the US.
Tensions over Trump’s Greenland claims have escalated in latest weeks as he has grown more and more insistent in calling the territory important to US nationwide safety and hinting at doable use of pressure to annex it.
On Sunday, he vowed the US will purchase Greenland “a method or one other,” suggesting Denmark can’t cease him and mocking its defenses as “two canine sleds.” Media experiences declare Trump ordered aides to draft plans for a possible invasion.
Landry, appointed by Trump as his particular envoy to Greenland in December, advised Fox Information Radio final week he supposed to attend the annual Avannaata Qimussersua canine sled race in March and use the event to talk with locals about the advantages of nearer ties with the US.
“I’m thinking about speaking to Greenlanders. In truth, I bought invited to, I feel, the world’s largest dogsled occasion that goes up in March in Greenland. I’m going,” Landry mentioned.
In a Fb assertion on Tuesday, the Greenland Canine Sledding Affiliation (KNQK) mentioned it was unaware who issued the invitation and referred to as Landry’s potential presence “inappropriate” given his public advocacy for annexation.
“The KNQK Board finds it unacceptable that political strain is being exerted from outdoors and considers the participation of international political actors in Avannaata Qimussersua wholly inappropriate,” Chairman Mikkel Jeremiassen wrote, including that he had ordered an inner probe.
Landry has overtly referred to as Denmark’s rule of Greenland an “occupation” and urged the island to “declare their independence” to achieve the US as an ally. His appointment as envoy prompted Copenhagen to summon the US ambassador, deciphering the transfer as a breach of diplomatic norms by treating Greenland as unbiased somewhat than an autonomous Danish territory.
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Denmark has condemned Trump’s rhetoric as a direct menace to its sovereignty. Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen reiterated Tuesday that “Greenland won’t be a part of the US,” whereas Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned any US try to make use of navy pressure to annex the island would mark the “finish of NATO.”
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