Greenland's ruling left-wing party forms new government coalition with social democrats

FILE PHOTO: Chairman of the Naalakkersuisut Mute B. Egede and Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speak to the media at the airport in Nuuk, Greenland March 14, 2022. Christian Klindt Soelbeck/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS/File Photo

Greenland's ruling left-wing Inuit Ataqatigiit party (IA) has formed a new government coalition with the social democratic Siumut party, Prime Minister Mute Egede said at a news briefing on Monday.

Siumut will replace pro-independence party Naleraq as coalition partner, he said.

(Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)