COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s King Frederik will travel to Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, on April 28, Greenlandic daily Sermitsiaq reported on Wednesday, citing the island’s own government. The visit to Greenland by Denmark’s head of state comes as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks a takeover by the United States of the minerals-rich and strategically […]
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Denmark’s King Frederik to visit Greenland, daily Sermitsiaq reports
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s King Frederik will travel to Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, on April 28, Greenlandic daily Sermitsiaq reported on Wednesday, citing the island’s own government.
The visit to Greenland by Denmark’s head of state comes as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks a takeover by the United States of the minerals-rich and strategically important island.
Denmark has rejected Trump’s ambition and says only Greenlanders themselves can decide the territory’s future.
Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens Frederik-Nielsen will travel to Denmark on April 26, where he will meet with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, according to Sermitsiaq.
The king will travel to Greenland together with Nielsen when the prime minister returns to the island, according to the report.
(Reporting by Louise Breusch Rasmussen, editing by Essi Lehto and Terje Solsvik)