PARIS, Jan. 29– Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Wednesday denied that there was an agreement between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United States on the Greenland issue.
“It’s not an agreement,” Frederiksen told French TV channel France 2, when asked about U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim in Davos that he had reached an agreement with NATO on Greenland.
Essentially, a state is sovereign; its borders must be respected, and the right of other peoples to self-determination must be respected, Frederiksen said in the interview.
If military means are used in Greenland, everything grinds to a halt, Frederiksen noted, adding that “it would go against everything we’ve been building since the end of the Second World War.” Frederiksen arrived in France on Wednesday together with Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen.
French President Emmanuel Macron said at a joint press conference that escalating tensions with the United States over Greenland constitutes a strategic wake-up call for Europe as a whole, while reiterating France’s solidarity with Denmark and Greenland.
Greenland, the world’s largest island, is a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, with Copenhagen retaining control over defense and foreign policy. Since returning to office in 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed a desire to “obtain” Greenland, a move that has been repeatedly rejected by Europe. (Namibia Daily News/ Xinhua)
