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US no longer wants to buy Greenland, Blinken confirms
Source: The Guardian and agencies
US no longer wants to buy Greenland, Blinken confirms
US Secretary of State rules out any plans to buy the Danish autonomous territory
Helen Sullivan and agencies
@helenrsullivan
Fri 21 May 2021 01.46 BST
US secretary of state Antony Blinken has confirmed that America no longer wants to buy Greenland.
Blinken visited the Danish autonomous territory as he ended a four-day trip that included a meeting of the foreign ministers of countries bordering the Arctic.
“I am in Greenland because the United States deeply values our partnership and wants to make it even stronger,” Antony Blinken told reporters on his final stop of the Arctic tour.
He stressed that he was not there to buy the country, signalling a change in policy from the Trump administration. Asked whether the US had definitively ruled out any plans to buy Greenland, Blinken replied with a smile: “I can confirm that’s correct.”
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US Secretary of State rules out any plans to buy the Danish autonomous territory
Helen Sullivan and agencies
@helenrsullivan
Fri 21 May 2021 01.46 BST
US secretary of state Antony Blinken has confirmed that America no longer wants to buy Greenland.
Blinken visited the Danish autonomous territory as he ended a four-day trip that included a meeting of the foreign ministers of countries bordering the Arctic.
“I am in Greenland because the United States deeply values our partnership and wants to make it even stronger,” Antony Blinken told reporters on his final stop of the Arctic tour.
He stressed that he was not there to buy the country, signalling a change in policy from the Trump administration. Asked whether the US had definitively ruled out any plans to buy Greenland, Blinken replied with a smile: “I can confirm that’s correct.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/21/us-no-longer-wants-to-buy-greenland-blinken-confirms