Canada to send governor general and foreign minister to Greenland after Trump remarks

Independent.co reports Canada's Indigenous governor general and foreign minister will visit Greenland in early February amid renewed calls by President Donald Trump for the U.S. to take control of the country. Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand and Governor General Mary Simon, who is of Inuk descent, are expected to open a consulate in Nuuk.

Greenland is an Inuit self-governing territory of the kingdom of Denmark; about 80% of the island lies above the Arctic Circle and it is home to roughly 56,000 mostly Inuit people. Simon became Canada's first Indigenous governor general in 2021 and previously served as Canada's ambassador to Denmark, and the governor general represents Britain’s King Charles as head of state in Canada.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that "the future of Greenland and Denmark are decided solely by the people of Denmark" while meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Paris, where leaders from several NATO countries also issued a statement saying the island "belongs to its people." The source reports Stephen Miller and President Trump have argued Greenland should be part of the United States to secure the Arctic against China and Russia, while Frederiksen warned a U.S.

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