Greenlandic minister takes Arctic Council leadership

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Denmark today took over the chairmanship of the Arctic Council and handed over the leadership of Greenland. Greenlanders will lead the next two years and it looks like a turbulent time. Among the tasks facing Greenlanders is finding solutions to the common challenges of the states and peoples of the Council. Vilborg Ása Guðjónsdóttir, an international political scientist and former advisor to the West Nordic Council, says the biggest challenge i…

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The Kingdom of Denmark; Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, today takes over the chairmanship of the Arctic Council. Vivian Motzfeldt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greenland, will chair the council for the next two years on behalf of the union, but this is the first time that Greenlanders will lead the council.