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Canada bolsters Arctic security and Inuit ties with new Nuuk consulate: Anand
Canada inaugurated a consulate in Nuuk to enhance Arctic cooperation on defense, climate, and Indigenous rights, with dozens of Inuit attending the ceremony, officials said.
- On Friday, Canada inaugurated a new consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, with Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand leading a ceremony featuring a flag-raising at the Port of Nuuk and a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker backdrop.
- The government framed the mission as strengthening defence, security, climate and Indigenous rights cooperation, with Ottawa stressing the consulate plans predated recent geopolitical tensions including U.S. interest in Greenland.
- Dozens of Canadian Inuit attended the launch in Nuuk, while Anand stood with Greenland Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt and Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen at a joint news conference, and Governor General Mary Simon attended as France opened its own consulate.
- Greenland leaders hailed the consulate as international solidarity, with Greenland plans for a reciprocal mission in Canada by 2028.
- The consulate's timing follows NATO backing for Danish sovereignty, gaining new significance amid rising Arctic focus and recent U.S. threats to annex Greenland that have since stepped back.
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Two new consulates were opened in Greenland yesterday. Canada's foreign minister visited to attend the opening of the country's consulate, which coincidentally is in the same building as the Icelandic consulate in the oldest part of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. The foreign ministers of Greenland and Denmark say talks with the United States on Greenland have not reached a final stage, but the aim is still to find a solution. An Arctic expert s…
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