Mette Frederiksen
Dinner meeting at Fredriksen's home
Amanda Hällsten
Updated 22.12 | Published 19.12
During the evening, Greenland and Trump were discussed, among other things, according to TV2.
"We share the seriousness of the situation," Frederiksen writes on Instagram.
On Sunday evening, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen had a dinner meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finnish President Alexander Stubb.
The dinner was held at her home. On social media, she has shared a picture from the evening. Judging by the picture, the Danish dish smörrebröd was served, with beer and wine, at Fredriksen's home.
"At our meeting today, we discussed our regional defense and security cooperation. We share the seriousness of the situation," she writes.
During the dinner, they are said to have discussed US President Donald Trump, Trump's statement that he wants to buy Greenland and "the whole new world order," according to Danish TV2.
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- Denmark has always been a good ally, and we intend to continue to be, says the Danish prime minister.
The US president's latest statement on Greenland comes after reports of a heated telephone conversation with Frederiksen.
He claimed that it would be "a very unfriendly act" if Denmark did not allow the US to take control of the island, reports the BBC. It has to do with freedom in the world, he said.
- It has nothing to do with the US except that we are the ones who can give that freedom. They cannot do that, he said, referring to Denmark.
- I think the people want to be with us.
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Mette Frederiksen responds in an interview with Danish TV2 that the US president should think about the countries' history.- I think it is important that everyone in the US remembers what a good ally Denmark has been, not only now as an obstacle to the Russians in Europe, but historically.
Frederiksen is said to have repeated to Donald Trump in a telephone conversation a week ago that Greenland is not for sale, according to information to the Financial Times. Trump, in turn, is said to have refused to listen.
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This is revealed by five unnamed European officials to the Financial Times who received details of the phone call a week ago.
Frederiksen is said to have repeated that Greenland is not for sale, but Trump in turn is said to have refused to listen, according to information provided to the newspaper.
– Before, it has been difficult to take it seriously, but now I think it is serious and potentially very dangerous. It was terrible, says one person about the 45-minute conversation between the two parties that mainly concerned the Greenland situation.
As the newly elected president, Trump has once again reiterated that he wants to buy Greenland from Denmark, a wish that was expressed by Trump already during his first presidential visit. Now Trump is also said to have raised the possibility of various tariffs against Denmark and Danish companies if the demands from the Danish side are not agreed to.
– The intention was very clear. They want it (Greenland) and the Danes are now in a crisis situation, says a source.
Frederiksen is also said to have held talks with major Danish companies such as Carlsberg and Novo Nordisk to discuss the possible consequences of tariffs from Trump.
The prime minister's staff also told the Financial Times that they "do not recognize the descriptions of the phone call".
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