Greenlandic minister: Danish visit inappropriate
Greenland's incoming Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt calls it "inappropriate" that Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will visit the island on Wednesday. This is reported by Ekstra Bladet.
- A head of government is coming to visit to meet her counterpart, and officially there is no new government in place yet, she says.
A new, broad, government coalition was presented on Friday, but it has not yet been formally approved by the members of the Greenlandic parliament Inatsisartut.
Greenland's incoming Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt calls it "inappropriate" that Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will visit the island on Wednesday. This is reported by Ekstra Bladet.
- A head of government is coming to visit to meet her counterpart, and officially there is no new government in place yet, she says.
A new, broad, government coalition was presented on Friday, but it has not yet been formally approved by the members of the Greenlandic parliament Inatsisartut.
New leader marks: "Looking forward to the visit"
Greenland's incoming Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen is at odds with his Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt after she called Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's upcoming visit "inappropriate".
In a Facebook post, he writes that he is looking forward to Frederiksen's visit "enormously" and continues:
"At the same time, I want to emphasize that the statements made about the upcoming visit are not the position of my future government."
Motzfeldt said earlier today that she does not think it is appropriate for Frederiksen to come until the new government coalition, which was presented on Friday, has been formally approved by the Greenlandic parliament.
Frederiksen plans to travel to Greenland on Wednesday.
Greenland's incoming Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen is at odds with his Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt after she called Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's upcoming visit "inappropriate".
In a Facebook post, he writes that he is looking forward to Frederiksen's visit "enormously" and continues:
"At the same time, I want to emphasize that the statements made about the upcoming visit are not the position of my future government."
Motzfeldt said earlier today that she does not think it is appropriate for Frederiksen to come until the new government coalition, which was presented on Friday, has been formally approved by the Greenlandic parliament.
Frederiksen plans to travel to Greenland on Wednesday.
Analysis: Embarrassing start for Greenland's new government
Just three days after it was formed, and before it had even taken office, a rift emerged in the new Greenlandic government when Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt called Mette Frederiksen's upcoming visit "inappropriate" - and was quickly reprimanded by her prime minister.
– It is embarrassing for the Foreign Minister to make a statement without having checked with his Prime Minister and seemingly without consensus in the government, says Ekstra Bladet's political commentator Hans Engell.
It does not bode well for the government that they cannot even agree to welcome the Danish Prime Minister for a visit, in the midst of the greatest crisis in modern times, he continues.
TV2's correspondent Martin Selsøe Sørensen agrees.
"It was expected that the four parties in the coalition would sooner or later have difficulty keeping up, but it is highly unexpected and incomprehensible that it is already happening now."
The fact that Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen dismissed Motzfeldt's remarks with lightning speed, however, seems to mean that it will be she herself who will take the hit, rather than the relationship between Denmark and Greenland, he continues.
Just three days after it was formed, and before it had even taken office, a rift emerged in the new Greenlandic government when Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt called Mette Frederiksen's upcoming visit "inappropriate" - and was quickly reprimanded by her prime minister.
– It is embarrassing for the Foreign Minister to make a statement without having checked with his Prime Minister and seemingly without consensus in the government, says Ekstra Bladet's political commentator Hans Engell.
It does not bode well for the government that they cannot even agree to welcome the Danish Prime Minister for a visit, in the midst of the greatest crisis in modern times, he continues.
TV2's correspondent Martin Selsøe Sørensen agrees.
"It was expected that the four parties in the coalition would sooner or later have difficulty keeping up, but it is highly unexpected and incomprehensible that it is already happening now."
The fact that Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen dismissed Motzfeldt's remarks with lightning speed, however, seems to mean that it will be she herself who will take the hit, rather than the relationship between Denmark and Greenland, he continues.
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