“I’ve been saying for years now: With Greenland, we can’t see it as a small country. It might be a small country population-wise, but it is a geopolitical giant that’s getting hotter by the day,” he said.
Menezes urged ministers to prioritize free trade talks with Greenland. “It’s one thing we can do to demonstrate that, you know, we take it seriously. It is action, and not just words.”
Nathanielsen said she was meeting a trade minister from the Labour government, Chris Bryant, later on Tuesday, as part of “very early discussions” on a possible free trade agreement between the two countries.
“Of course, when hopefully all of this cools down a bit, that you continue your collaboration investments in Greenland, we are quite happy about your partnerships,” she added.
Big days
But the future of Greenland, she acknowledged, may not lie in its own hands.
Foreign ministers from Greenland and Denmark are set to meet U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington Wednesday.