Denmark will not try to plant a new flag on a tiny island off northwestern Greenland that is at the centre of a territorial spat with Canada, Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller said in a newspaper column published Monday. Mr. Moeller said he and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew intend to discuss the dispute over Hans Island next month on the sidelines of a foreign ministers gathering at the United Nations. The 1.3-square-kilometre uninhabited Arctic island lies between Canada's Ellesmere Island and Greenland, which is a semi-autonomous Danish territory. A 1973 border drawn through the Nares Strait between Ellesmere and Greenland left Hans Island's status undecided.
8/15/05
The Globe and Mail: Denmark won't provoke 'flag war' over Hans Island
The Globe and MailDenmark won't provoke 'flag war' over Hans Island
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