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00:30The meeting went quite well.
00:55Denmark and Greenland drew a line in the snow.
00:58They made clear that there's no talks about territory, so the conversations continue
01:09on a diplomatic level, where it's about economy, it's about security, it's about
01:13things that we can actually do something about.
01:16We can't do anything about it if another country wants to take our territory, that's
01:20of course a limit.
01:21We can't do anything about it.
01:28We can't do anything about it.
01:32We can't do anything about it.
01:35So we could have hoped that the US kind of got the message that we're taking security
01:57seriously and there won't be any talks about taking over territory.
02:01So he was very honest about it, but I still think it was successful and I think it was
02:07intelligent to point to the case of the Panama Canal.
02:10So one year ago, Donald Trump also talked about taking over the Panama Canal.
02:16Panama cleverly made a deal to increase US presence and foothold in Panama.
02:26So I think with that experience in mind, it will serve Denmark and Greenland well in the
02:31forthcoming negotiations.
02:49The military increase we see in Greenland today and yesterday is very much about strategic
02:55communication.
02:56And the audience here is the Americans and there are two messages to send to the Americans.
03:02One is to deter, is to show that if you decide to do something militarily, we're ready to
03:09defend Greenland.
03:10And the other purpose is to say, well, we take your critique seriously.
03:17We increase our presence and take care of our sovereignty and improve surveillance over Greenland.
03:26What we see right now is that the NATO countries are presenting themselves as real friends.
03:43It's not a NATO activity as such, because it takes some time before the whole organization
03:49can agree to do something collectively.
03:51I think the next steps will be that NATO as such will be more present in the Arctic.
03:58Let's go outside.
04:13The boatswain's building on this road.
04:14Things in Peace are complicated.
