Trump’s special envoy to Greenland visits the Antarctic island for the first time

The special envoy of the US President has arrived Donald Trump, to GreenlandSunday, to the Antarctic island on a visit that will last several days, according to media reports.

This is the first visit by Jeff Landry, Governor of Louisiana, to the Danish territory after his appointment as a special envoy, and he is scheduled to participate in an economic forum in the capital, Nuuk, on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The forum brings together "Future Greenland" Investors, politicians and business leaders in an attempt to encourage investment in the region.

Landry’s visit comes in the wake of tension raised by Trump’s repeated claims of sovereignty over the autonomous Danish region, not only in Greenland and Denmark, but also throughout Western Europe.

Landry arrived accompanied by about a dozen other people, and left in a convoy of five cars, according to the newspaper. "sermytsyak" Local.

The US ambassador to Denmark is also scheduled to arrive in Greenland on Monday.

A statement issued by the US Embassy to Agence France-Presse stated that Ambassador Landry "They will meet a wide segment of the Greenland To listen and learn with the goal of expanding economic opportunities and increasing understanding between the United States and Greenland"

Trump had appointed Landry as his special envoy to Greenland, after which Copenhagen and Nuuk held their first meeting in Washington.

Trump claims that Greenlandis a national security need for the United States, and that if the United States does not seize it, it will fall into the hands of China or Russia.

Last Tuesday, the Prime Minister of Greenland, Fredrik Nielsen, says that talks between the territory, Denmark and the United States have not yet led to an agreement, although some progress has been made.