An attempt to establish a single Greenlandic position fell through last Friday, after MP Lars Emil Johansen, on behalf of the North Atlantic parliament group, submitted a proposal to Washington and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. 

In Friday's declaration, Johansen and fellow MP Kuupik Kleist intimated that they would support an upgrade of the Thule Radar. Last Friday, however, both backtracked on their position. 

‘Our proposal does not give the green light for missile defence in Thule. It grants the US access to put itself in a position whereby missile defence may be a possibility,’ Lars Emil Johansen told Greenland's Radio News. 

IA party MP Kuupik Kleist denied that Greenland had given its final consent to an upgrade of the Thule Radar. 

‘If our proposal has been interpreted as a yes to the missile shield, I'd just as soon scrap the whole thing. It is fundamentally against our principle position,’ said Kleist. 

Professor in international politics, Ole Wæver reviewed the Greenlandic declaration. According to Wæver, the document is a clear indulgence of US requests to upgrade the radar base.  

Wæver doubted, however, that the Danes and the Americans will be willing to accomodate Greenland's monetary demands, which were included in the proposal. 

Parliament's foreign policy committee arrived in Thule on Saturday, and visited the trapper population in Qaanaq last Sunday.  

Last Monday, the groupmoved on to Nuuk to participate in a public hearing on missile defence.

On 23 April, the committee will hold a day-long hearing on missile defence and its consequences for global order. Later this spring, the Danish government will issue a final answer on the missile shield to the Americans.