Second Lady Osha Vance, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz to visit Greenland

The second lady Osha Vance You will visit Greenland Later this week, the White House announced on Sunday, while National Security Adviser Mike Waltz will visit on a separate trip this week in the name of The Trump administration continues in Greenland.

TA Source, who is familiar with CBS News on Sunday:

White House National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes said on Monday that the United States has “interested in the Arctic.”

“We also look forward to the famous hospitality experience in Greenland and we are confident that this visit represents an opportunity to build on partnerships that respect the self -determination in Greenland and the progress of economic cooperation,” Hughes said. “This is a visit to get to know Greenland, its culture, history, people and the presence of dogs race. The United States is proud of sponsorship, simple and simple.”

These plans were criticized on Monday by Greenland Prime Minister Kot Ed, who said that Washington was interfering in Greenland’s internal affairs, according to AFP.

“It should be clearly said that our integrity and democracy must be respected without foreign interference,” France Presse quoted.

The second lady has already made a number of foreign trips, as she visited Paris in February and India earlier this month.

According to the White House, VANCE will visit “historical sites, learn about the green heritage, and the presence of Avanata Qimussu, the national dog race in Greenland.” It is scheduled to arrive on Thursday and return on Saturday.

The White House said that her son would join her on the trip, along with an American delegation.

President Trump first expressed his attention Greenland controlIt is currently a semi -independent area of ​​the Kingdom of Denmark, during his first administration. He has increased the effort made since he took office two months ago. In his first speech to a joint session of the Congress in his second term, Mr. Trump pledged to “get it.”

The president said during his speech on March 4: “We need Greenland for national security and even international security,” the President said during his speech on March 4.

EGEDE responded at that time“We are not for sale and we cannot take simply.”

Ed said that Mr. Trump was, “very unpredictable, in a way that people feel insecure.” In the elections held on March 11 – after Mr. Trump’s speech – EGEDE opposition, although the party still needs to form an alliance government.

“We need to stand together at an important time from abroad,” Democratic Party leader Jenus Friedrich Nielsen told local media. BBC News. “There is a need for loneliness, so we will enter into negotiations with everyone.”

Al -Fals said in January The talks on Greenland are “not only about Greenland, this is related to the northern pole.”

“You have Russia, which is trying to become the property of the northern pole with 60 icewear, some of which are working with nuclear energy,” Walz said in January. “You know how much we have?

Ibn al -Sayyid Trump, Donald Trump Junior, visited in January Before the president took office. Before his visit, Danish Prime Minister Metty Friedriksen said that Greenland is not for sale, but she said that she will continue to welcome American interests and investment.

Ed Okif

He contributed to this report.