Naalakkersuisoq's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vivian Motzfeldt (S), remains in Washington D.C., where she has today met with senators and congressmen together with the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lars Løkke Rasmussen (Moderates.)
And it has been productive, she tells Sermitsiaq.
- We have met with a great many senators and congressmen, precisely to strengthen our position and to give voice – especially from my point of view – to the people at home.
- The emotions we go through, and the pressure we have felt, and the horror scenario we live through every day. And our desire to normalize our everyday lives and return to a safe framework, and the framework we know within international law, says Vivian Motzfeldt.
She says that it has been important for her to bring out in the meetings that there is a people living in Greenland. People who have lived there for thousands of years, and who in this situation may have difficulty seeing a future for their country.
- I think it's very clear, at least from those we met today and yesterday at dinner, that there has been so much love and understanding and a desire for support.
Should the working group discuss taking over Greenland?
It has been a hectic few days of meetings in the US, and that is why Sermitsiaq also asks Naalakkersuisoq how she is doing.
- I feel better than I did two days ago. That doesn't mean we have found a solution, but we have agreed to start the working group with respect for all our red lines and our right to self-determination and territorial integrity, and we will find a solution that everyone can see themselves in, says Vivian Motzfeldt.
But that is precisely the working group that Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, has been saying this evening, will discuss "the takeover of Greenland."
However, Lars Løkke denies this to TV2, and Vivian Motzfeldt says to Sermitsiaq:
- It's not a person who was at the meeting itself.
- There is a lot of work ahead, the situation is still very uncertain, but we have a new channel, a place where we can talk directly to each other, she says.
Vivian Motzfeldt is traveling to Copenhagen tonight.
