Greenland’s government, however, has responded, “We’re open for business, not for sale,” and Denmark, whose realm Greenland is under, dismissed the idea as an out-of-season April Fool’s joke.
#Greenland is rich in valuable resources such as minerals, the purest water and ice, fish stocks, seafood, renewable energy and is a new frontier for adventure tourism. We’re open for business, not for sale❄️🗻🐳🦐🇬🇱 learn more about Greenland on: https://t.co/WulOi3beIC
— Greenland MFA 🇬🇱 (@GreenlandMFA) August 16, 2019
While historically countries have acquired new territory through financial deals (or just taken over them without asking for permission via the use of military force), that practice is now antiquated. The world is not a Risk board game.
As reported by The Guardian, Aaja Chemnitz Larsen, an MP from the Inuit Ataqatigiit party, said that Greenland is not “a commodity that could be sold,” and it was “tremendously uncomfortable to hear it discussed in such terms.” 