"Greenland is not for sale, and Greenland will never be for sale, Chemnitz, from the Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA) party, tells Al Jazeera while her assistant helps a Finnish newspaper to settle into the office. People seem to think they can buy the Greenlandic soul. It is our identity, our language, our culture and it would look completely different if you became an American citizen, and that is not something a majority in Greenland want."
"It has been a very turbulent time for many Greenlanders, she tells Al Jazeera. We have, in many ways, been isolated from the rest of the world for almost 300 years, with limited contact with major powers, especially when it comes to foreign relations. But now we feel cornered, and that is making a lot of people anxious."
"All Greenlandic parties have stated that we do not want to be Americans and that we also do not want to be Danish. We want to be Greenlanders."
US President Donald Trump's efforts to acquire Greenland triggered diplomatic strain between Denmark and the United States and intense international attention. Danish parliament held a crisis meeting focused on worsening relations. Greenlandic MPs Aaja Chemnitz and Aki-Matilda Hoegh-Dam are dividing time between Copenhagen and Nuuk while responding to concerns among Greenland's 56,000 people. Greenlandic political parties reject becoming American or Danish and emphasize desire to remain Greenlanders. Many Greenlanders fear loss of identity, language and culture and feel cornered after long isolation from major powers, generating widespread anxiety over foreign intervention.
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