Greenland to be cautious on new oil permits -incoming minister
STOCKHOLM, March 27 (Reuters) - Greenland's incoming government will be cautious when it comes to awarding new offshore oil exploration permits, the next mining and oil minister said on Wednesday.
"The current number of licences is suficient for Greenland - it is the natural size for the number of Greenlanders," Jens Erik Kirkegaard, due to become the new mining and oil minister in April, told Reuters.
He said that the new government will honour existing contracts.
(Reporting by Alistair Scrutton; editing by Keiron Henderson)
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STOCKHOLM, March 27- Greenland's incoming government will be cautious when it comes to awarding new offshore oil exploration permits, the next mining and oil minister said on Wednesday.