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The United States Puts Unacceptable Pressure on Greenland, Denmark Says

Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen attends the Baltic Sea NATO Allies Summit in Helsinki, Finland, 14 January 2025. (EPA)
Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen attends the Baltic Sea NATO Allies Summit in Helsinki, Finland, 14 January 2025. (EPA)
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The United States Puts Unacceptable Pressure on Greenland, Denmark Says

Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen attends the Baltic Sea NATO Allies Summit in Helsinki, Finland, 14 January 2025. (EPA)
Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen attends the Baltic Sea NATO Allies Summit in Helsinki, Finland, 14 January 2025. (EPA)

The United States is putting unacceptable pressure on Greenland, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told broadcaster TV2 on Tuesday, ahead of a trip to the semi-autonomous Danish territory this week by a high-profile US delegation.
The US visit, which runs from Thursday to Saturday, will be led by Usha Vance, wife of Vice President JD Vance, and include White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
"I have to say that it is unacceptable pressure being placed on Greenland and Denmark in this situation. And it is pressure that we will resist," Frederiksen told TV2.
The delegation had not been invited by the governments of Greenland or Denmark.
Brian Hughes, spokesman for the White House National Security Council, said the delegation aimed to "learn about Greenland, its culture, history, and people."
Frederiksen dismissed the idea of a private visit: "You cannot make a private visit with official representatives from another country."

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France Sues Iran at Top UN Court over Detained Citizens

France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot talks to the press as he arrives for an informal meeting of The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) foreign ministers, in Antalya, on May 15, 2025.
France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot talks to the press as he arrives for an informal meeting of The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) foreign ministers, in Antalya, on May 15, 2025.
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France Sues Iran at Top UN Court over Detained Citizens

France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot talks to the press as he arrives for an informal meeting of The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) foreign ministers, in Antalya, on May 15, 2025.
France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot talks to the press as he arrives for an informal meeting of The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) foreign ministers, in Antalya, on May 15, 2025.

Paris has filed a case against Tehran at the top UN court over two French citizens who have been held in Iran for three years, the French foreign minister said on Friday.

The announcement comes as Iranian negotiators are set to meet with their counterparts from the United Kingdom, France, and Germany in Türkiye on Friday for talks on Iran's nuclear program.

Cecile Kohler, a 40-year-old literature teacher from eastern France and her partner Jacques Paris, in his 70s, were arrested on May 7, 2022, on the last day of a tourist trip to Iran.

They have been held on spying charges, which they have vehemently denied.

In its case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), France accuses Iran "of violating its obligation to provide consular protection" to the pair, who "have been held hostage... detained in appalling conditions that amount to torture," Jean-Noel Barrot told France 2 television.

They are among a number of Europeans still held by Iran in what some European countries, including France, regard as a deliberate strategy of hostage-taking to extract concessions from the West at a time of tension over Iran's nuclear program.

Kohler and Paris are the last known French detainees in Iran after some recent releases and are regarded as "state hostages" by the French government.

The two are jailed in extremely tough conditions, according to their families.