Cliff Notes
- Denmark’s Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, condemned US intelligence gathering on Greenland, asserting that “you cannot spy against an ally.”
- Reports indicate US agencies are focusing on Greenland’s independence movement and its mineral resources, amid ongoing tensions relating to Donald Trump‘s interest in the territory.
- The Danish government has summoned the US ambassador to discuss the reports, which remain labelled as “rumours” by Frederiksen.
Denmark’s PM says ‘you can’t spy against an ally’ after claims of US gathering intelligence on Greenland
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said you “cannot spy against an ally” after reports of US gathering intelligence on Greenland.
The comments are the latest in the dispute over Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to push for US control over Greenland, which is a semi-autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
They come after reports in US media that Washington‘s spy agencies have been told to focus on Greenland, including on the island’s independence movement, and sentiment around US extraction of its mineral resources.