Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte Egede known as for Greenland to hunt independence from the Kingdom of Denmark, noting that it’s “time to take the following step.”
Throughout a speech on Wednesday, Egede spoke about how, “like different nations on the planet,” Greenland “should work to take away the obstacles to cooperation,” which he described as “the shackles of the colonial period.” Egede added that “historical past and present circumstances have proven” Greenland’s cooperation with Demark “has not managed to create full equality.”
“It’s time for us to take a step ourselves and form our future, additionally with regard to who we are going to cooperate intently with and likewise who our commerce relations will probably be,” Egede mentioned. “For our cooperation with different nations, and our commerce relations, can’t proceed to happen solely by Denmark.”
Egede continued, “The Greenlandic folks’s choice for independence has been adopted by the provisions of the Self-Authorities Act, thereby making a authorized foundation for the way independence will be achieved.”
“A draft structure, a structure for our nation, has additionally been ready,” Egede added. “Work has already begun on creating the framework for Greenland as an impartial state inside the potentialities and provisions of the Self-Authorities Act.”
Egede’s name for independence from Denmark comes as President-elect Donald Trump has beforehand said American possession of Greenland is an “absolute necessity.”
In a publish on Reality Social asserting Ken Howery because the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark, Trump wrote, “For functions of Nationwide Safety and Freedom all through the World, the US of America feels that the possession and management of Greenland is an absolute necessity.”
In response to Trump’s publish, Egede said that Greenland is “not on the market and can by no means be on the market.”
“Greenland is ours,” Egede mentioned. “We’re not on the market and can by no means be on the market. We should not lose our lengthy wrestle for freedom.”