COPENHAGEN, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Danish Ministry of Defense has appointed a political adviser to Greenland's capital Nuuk, according to a report by Danish news agency Ritzau.
The newly-appointed will fly to Greenland on Thursday with Defense Minister Trine Bramsen to start the new position immediately, says the Ritzau report.
"I have decided that in future we will have a political adviser in Greenland. This must be seen in the light of the ever-increasing security policy and defense policy development that is taking place in the Arctic," Ritzau quoted Bramsen as saying.
The political adviser, appointed to act as a liaison between the Danish and Greenlandic authorities on security policy issues surrounding Greenland, will operate from within the office of the Arctic Command.
Arctic Command handles the operational parts of the emergency preparedness and sovereignty enforcement in Greenland.
Bramsen emphasized that the Danish advisory position has nothing to do with the U.S. consulate in Greenland.
The U.S. reopened a consulate in Greenland in June after 67 years. The United States previously had a consulate in Nuuk from 1940 to 1953.
"I made this decision a long time ago, so it has nothing to do with it. This is about the Danish-Greenlandic cooperation," said Bramsen to Ritzau.
Greenland, with a population of some 56,000, is an autonomous territory of Denmark with the Danish government retaining control of its foreign affairs and defense. Enditem
