The timing of the visit has only heightened tensions. Greenland held parliamentary elections earlier this month, resulting in a loss of majority for Egede’s Inuit Ataqatigiit party. Though he remains the caretaker prime minister, coalition talks are ongoing. Jens-Frederik Nielsen, whose party is expected to lead the next government, also criticized the visit.
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