Ane Lone Bagger is the Minister of Education, Culture, Church and Foreign Affairs of Greenland. An aircraft mechanic by training, Bagger was employed as a flight attendant, air traffic controller, and insurance agent prior to taking up her current post. She is a former member of the Qaasuitsup Kommunia municipal council.[1] On January 13, 2022, Reuters News reported that she was the victim of an alleged hoax perpetuated by Russian influence agents,[2] in which a letter purporting to be from her was sent to U.S. Senator Tom Cotton in 2019. The letter claims that Greenland would be conducting a referendum on gaining independence from Denmark, and indicated that closer ties with the United States could be achieved. Senator Cotton was a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, and after the letter was received President Trump suggested that the United States was interested in purchasing Greenland.[3] This suggestion was largely scoffed at by foreign policy experts, and never came to fruition.
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References
edit- ^ "Ane Lone Bagger". naalakkersuisut.gl. Government of Greenland. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ Gronholt-pedersen, Jacob (2022-01-13). "Denmark accuses Russia, China, Iran of espionage threat". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ^ Neuman, Scott (2019-08-19). "No Joke: Trump Really Does Want To Buy Greenland". NPR. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
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