Denmark: Siltanews – News Desk
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said the information in the report was “very worrying”, adding that “friends” shouldn’t spy on each other.
Denmark has summoned the top US diplomat in the country on Thursday after an article published in the Wall Street Journal reported that Washington had stepped up its intelligence gathering efforts in Greenland.
Jennifer Hall Godfrey, the acting head of the US Embassy in Copenhagen, met with high-ranking Danish diplomat Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen at the Danish Foreign Ministry after the Journal article was published on Tuesday, the ministry said in an email.
The paper reported that several high-ranking US officials serving under the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard had “issued a ‘collection emphasis message’ to intelligence agency heads”, who were subsequently directed to look into Greenland’s independence movement and examine the sentiment around US resource extraction in the Danish territory.
Speaking to public broadcaster DR on Wednesday, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said his government would summon the US diplomat to seek a “rebuttal” or other explanation following the report.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said the information in the report was “very worrying”, adding that “friends” shouldn’t spy on each other.
Denmark has summoned the top US diplomat in the country on Thursday after an article published in the Wall Street Journal reported that Washington had stepped up its intelligence gathering efforts in Greenland.
Jennifer Hall Godfrey, the acting head of the US Embassy in Copenhagen, met with high-ranking Danish diplomat Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen at the Danish Foreign Ministry after the Journal article was published on Tuesday, the ministry said in an email.
The paper reported that several high-ranking US officials serving under the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard had “issued a ‘collection emphasis message’ to intelligence agency heads”, who were subsequently directed to look into Greenland’s independence movement and examine the sentiment around US resource extraction in the Danish territory.
Speaking to public broadcaster DR on Wednesday, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said his government would summon the US diplomat to seek a “rebuttal” or other explanation following the report.