Mogens Lykketoft: Greenlanders tied to Denmark

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Greenlanders have deep connections to Denmark, and that bond would likely remain even if they gained independence, says former Danish Foreign Minister Mogens Lykketoft.   #Trump #Denmark #Greenland

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00:00And you also have to realize that the Greenlandic people, which is mainly Inuit, but also very

00:08much interrelated with Danish people, one-fourth, at least, of the Greenlandic nation is living

00:18in Denmark.

00:19We have common citizenship.

00:21We have very, very long time, hundreds of years of bilateral relations and family relations.

00:29So it's not a thing to demand of the Greenlanders that they should go away from that connection

00:39with Denmark, even if they were independently governing themselves.

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