'Greenland is not for sale and never will be'

A view of colorful buildings in Nuuk, Greenland.

Greenlanders 'aren't interested in their country being sold'

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published 6 February 2025

'Greenland is not for sale. And it never will be.'

Aqqaluk Lynge and Gitte Seeberg at The New York Times

Greenlanders "aren't interested in their country being sold or letting the fate of their nation be decided by others seeking profit or promoting their own narrow interests," say Aqqaluk Lynge and Gitte Seeberg. They have "no desire to trade hundreds of years of Danish rule for American rule." Greenlanders want to "chart the course of their country's development, and have been doing just that since self-rule was established 16 years ago," and "friends don't threaten friends."

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