Denmark calls us US Ambassador over Greenland espionage report

Denmark’s Foreign Minister says he calls on the US ambassador to say that the spy Agency Washington was told to concentrate on Greenland among Donald Trump threats.

“I am very worried because we don’t spy on friends,” Lars Lickke Rasmussen said, responding to the report in The Wall Street Journal.

According to the newspaper, US spy agencies said to focus efforts on the independence of the semi -automatic country and US goals to extract mineral resources.

Director of National Intelligence Director Tuls Gabard accused the magazine of attempts to “undermine” President Trump by politicization and leakage of classified information “.

Without denying the report, she accused the newspaper of “violation of the law and undermining the security and democracy of our country”.

Rasmussen, who attended the EU Ministers’ Meeting in Warsaw, said the report was “somewhat disturbing”.

“We are going to call the US Ambassador to discuss at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to find out if we can confirm this information,” Rasmussen said.

“It seems that it is not very deviates by those who speak. It worries me.”

The Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) refused to comment on the article, but told the Danish media that it “naturally” took attention to us in Greenland.

Based on the international interest in Greenland as a whole, the agency noted that there was an increased threat of espionage against this and Denmark.

President Trump has repeatedly promised to take control of Greenland, most recently telling NBC News on Sunday, which did not rule out using military force to capture the Arctic Island.

“I’m not saying what I will do it, but I don’t rule out anything,” he said. “We are very bad in Greenland. Greenland is a very small number of people we will care about, and we will protect them, and all this. But we need it for international security.”

During his speech with Congress in March, Trump told us to legislators that “we are going to get it anyway.”

Danish officials also condemned Greenland Vice President JD Vance in March.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederixen said the visit to the US remote military base “completely unacceptable pressure on Greenland, Greenland politicians and Greenland.”

Former President Joe Biden, Speaking in front of BBC News in his first interview after leaving the post In January, Trump’s calls were condemned to take Panama -Canal, to acquire Greenland and made Canada a 51st state.

“What the hell is happening here? What is the president that speaks?

“We are about freedom, democracy, an opportunity, not about confiscation.”

Greenland, the world’s largest island, is controlled by Denmark for about 300 years. The island manages its internal affairs, but in Copenhagen decisions of foreign and defense policy are made.

In the USA, there has long been an interest in the island. There was a military base from World War II, and Trump may also be interested in rare land minerals that could be extracted.

Surveys show that The vast majority of English wants to become independent From Denmark, but don’t want to become part of the US.