Lars Emil Johansen(member of danish parliament for Siumut) is trying to expose the official danish policy towards the possible US request for access to the Thule Air Base as part of the National Missile Defense. The Prime minister (Anders Fogh Rasmussen) is asked when he knew that an american request is immidiate. The question was raised because the dutch parliament, following a visit of an american governmental delegation, as soon as june was briefed about the new US plans about integrating the NMD within the NATO-framework. The same delegation visited Denmark, and still the danish parliament as well as the Greenlandic authorities wasn´t told anything for a long time.>

Foreign minister Per Stig Møller is asked, on what ground his officials are claiming that the US is considering shutting down the Thule Air Force base, if questions regarding the usage of the base for purposes concerning the NMD arises.

This is asked, because the Greenlandic authorties in mid-november wrote, that the danish Department of Foreign Affairs during a meeting with the head of the greenlandic authorities, Jonathan Motzfeldt, had claimed that, that it might be expected that the US would shut down the base.

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The Danish Radio with news from Greenland told 12/1 that the chairman of the Government in Greenland, Jonathan Motzfeldt, has told, that noone in Greeland want the Thule radar updateed to NMD which he will tell the president of Amerika. Jonathan Motzfeldt is of the opinion that it will increase the rearmament if the US start the NMD-project.

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See also http://www.gh.gl/

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