The United States is exerting "unacceptable pressure" on Greenland, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday, ahead of an unsolicited visit by a high-profile U.S. delegation to the semi-autonomous Danish territory this week, APA reports citing Reuters.
The visit to an American military base will include U.S. Vice President JD Vance, his wife Usha Vance, White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
The U.S. vice president said on X on Tuesday that he will visit Greenland on Friday. His wife had been scheduled to watch a dog sled race on Friday, but that was cancelled and she will instead visit the Pituffik Space Base, the vice president's office said.
"I have to say that it is unacceptable pressure being placed on Greenland and Denmark in this situation. And it is pressure that we will resist," she told Danish broadcasters DR and TV2.
Greenland's acting head of government, Mute Egede, has labelled the visit a "provocation," as it coincides with government coalition talks and municipal elections scheduled for the following week.
"This is a charm offensive without the charm," Noa Redington, an analyst and former adviser to previous Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, told Reuters.
"And everyone is upset because it's so obvious that this is about intimidating the Greenlandic people and provoking Denmark," he said.
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