Canadian Embassy in Washington Displays Banners Mistakenly Proclaiming Sovereignty Over Greenland

Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Denmark Jeppe Kofod, centre, and Prime Minister of Greenland Mute Bourup Egede, right, prepare for a question and answer period after a signing ceremony that will establish a land border between Canada and the Kingdom of Denmark on Hans Island, an Arctic island between Nunavut and Greenland, in Ottawa, on June 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

The Canadian Embassy in Washington says it mistakingly displayed large friendship banners proclaiming sovereignty over Greenland, which reportedly went unnoticed for more than a week.

Greenland was included as part of the map of Canada in large U.S. friendship banners with the slogan: “Not just neighbours: Friends, partners, allies,” according to Blacklock’s Reporter. Greenland has been part of the Kingdom of Denmark for 200 years and has never been a part of Canada.