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.
