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Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told broadcaster DR
outside a meeting Wednesday with colleagues in Poland that
Denmark would summon the U.S. chargé d’affaires to seek a
“rebuttal” or other explanation following the report.
The Journal, citing two people familiar with the U.S. effort
that it did not identify, reported that several high-ranking
officials under the U.S. director of national intelligence,
Tulsi Gabbard, had directed intelligence agency heads to learn
more about Greenland’s independence movement and sentiment about
U.S. resource extraction there.
The U.S. Embassy did not immediately respond to emails from The
Associated Press on Thursday seeking comment on whether the U.S.
diplomat in Copenhagen, Jennifer Hall Godfrey, had received a
summons. The Danish Foreign Ministry, in an email, did not
comment beyond referring to Rasmussen’s remarks.
Rasmussen, who has previously scolded the Trump administration
over its criticism of NATO ally Denmark and Greenland, said the
information in the report was “very worrying" and "we don’t spy
between friends.”
"We are looking at this with quite a lot of seriousness," he
added.
Greenland's prime minister said last month that U.S. statements
about the mineral-rich Arctic island have been disrespectful and
it “will never, ever be a piece of property that can be bought
by just anyone.”
In a visit to the island last month, Denmark’s Prime Minister
Mette Frederiksen said, addressing the United States during a
visit to Greenland that “you cannot annex another country,” even
with the argument made by U.S. officials that international
security is at stake.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Washington will
respect Greenland’s self-determination and alleged that
Greenlanders "don’t want to be a part of Denmark.”
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