US EditionCanada, France Open Consulates in Greenland
Canada and France opened consulates in Nuuk to enhance Arctic cooperation on defense, climate, and economics, with over 90 Inuit showing solidarity amid US territorial threats.
- On Friday, Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand travelled to Nuuk to open Canada's consulate, while France inaugurated its diplomatic mission the same day.
- Amid renewed US pressure over Greenland, Ottawa and Paris say the consulate openings were planned earlier, but critics view Friday's timing as a pointed message to Washington.
- Delegations included dozens of Inuit representatives and Jean-Noël Poirier was named French consul general, tasked with deepening cooperation in Greenland, according to official sources.
- The new missions aim to provide Greenland with alternative partners and bolster the Kingdom of Denmark's sovereignty while advancing cooperation on Inuit rights and climate change.
- France's mission positions the EU with a direct listening post in the Arctic, as France becomes the first EU member state with a consulate in Nuuk while the US-Denmark-Greenland working group addresses Arctic security.
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Greenland, Canada, and France held a joint press conference to mark the opening of two new consulates in the Greenlandic capital, Nuuk. The foreign ministers posed together in front of an icebreaker and emphasized their mutual ties. "We're not where we need to be yet," Motzfeldt said today about Greenland's talks with the US and Denmark about the island's future. "It's going to be a long road, and it's too early to say where it will end." Her Da…
Jyllands-Posten
avisendanmark.dkForeign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen (M) calls the opening of a Canadian consulate in Greenland "a new beginning". The consulate will strengthen Greenland's and the entire Kingdom of Denmark's existing cooperation...
Canada plants a flag in Greenland
NUUK, Greenland — Canada opened a consulate in Nuuk on Friday, signaling support for Greenlanders rattled by President Donald Trump’s sovereignty threats while trying to avoid a fight with Washington. The mission was in motion well before Trump’s saber-rattling. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand called it key to Canada’s Arctic strategy as Ottawa tries to manage its relationship with the U.S. ahead of looming trade talks. “I am underscoring t…
The Local - Fr
The LocalIn show of support, France and Canada open consulates in Greenland
France and Canada, which both oppose US President Donald Trump's claim to Greenland, opened consulates in the Danish autonomous territory's capital on Friday, in a show of support for the local government.
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It seems like a decade has happened this past month, from Nicolás Maduro being captured in Venezuela to President Trump’s rhetoric on the conquest of Greenland. Maduro says he was kidnapped. Some say it was a misuse of military power. The EU nations claim President Trump is destroying NATO to assuage his ego, which is demanding Greenland come under U.S. control. Like it or not, politics has always been and remains a power game of negotiations.
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