Denmark will object to any claims on Greenland, Danish foreign minister tells Rubio

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00:00I had a very, I would say, good meeting with the Secretary of State, our first meeting

00:20in person.

00:22This topic was not on the agenda, on the agreed agenda for many reasons, among them that Greenland

00:27wasn't present.

00:28And we have this idea of nothing about Greenland without Greenland.

00:32But of course I took the opportunity to very strongly object to claims and presidential

00:39statements of a vision of acquire Greenland.

00:44It has amounted to a situation where it's not within the limits of international law.

00:52It's amounted to a situation where I only can describe it as an attack on Danish sovereignty

00:58of the Kingdom of Denmark.

01:01And I made that very, very clear.

01:02To protect and secure Greenland and the area.

01:07What is your response?

01:08And I'm also, you know, perhaps optimistic is too strong a word, but I recognize that

01:16the Vice President, when he visits his own military installation in Greenland, emphasized

01:22not once, but two times, I guess three times, that they respect the self-determination of

01:28the Greenlandic people.

01:31But regardless of that, we have seen these statements from the President and we can't

01:39accept that.

01:40And I made it very, very clear.

01:41Let's talk about using military force against Denmark in order to take Greenland by force.

01:46Greenland, what means they're prepared to use to carry them out?

01:50And also, second question, have you raised this?

01:52We could start discussions immediately about how to avoid building up trade wars, but we

01:59can't control American strategy.

02:02So they have taken these steps, phase one with the steel and aluminum, and then yesterday

02:09more broadly.

02:10And hopefully we could soon come, after a European response to a situation where we

02:13can discuss how could we establish a level playing field which will allow our businesses

02:20to trade and interact.