Trump's team to discuss Greenland's future with Danish officials

On Wednesday, January 14, the parties will hold talks that have not been officially announced. According to preliminary information, the key topic will be the future of Greenland.

According to the agency, the meeting will take place after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio informed Congress last week of President Trump's interest in acquiring this territory, which is under Danish jurisdiction.

Although Rubio tried to ease tensions by commenting on the possibility of using military force, Donald Trump again allowed for such a scenario on Sunday.

At the same time, Danish Ambassador to the US Jesper Møller Sørensen stressed the importance of considering the facts, noting that Greenland has been part of the Kingdom of Denmark for centuries. He also emphasized that all five parliamentary parties in Greenland recently confirmed their unwillingness to join the United States.

Background

Earlier, the American leader did not rule out the possibility of Greenland returning to the US, even at the cost of NATO's collapse. The American President considers the Alliance ineffective without the leading role of the United States.

Denmark subsequently reacted sharply to such encroachments by the US. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called on Trump to stop threatening Greenland and to respect the sovereignty of the kingdom. And in Greenland, representatives of all five political parties stated that the Greenlandic people do not want to be Americans.

Against this backdrop, the United Kingdom has begun talks with its European allies on the possible deployment of military forces in Greenland to strengthen security in the Arctic and allay the concerns of US President Donald Trump.

Germany may propose the creation of a joint NATO mission with the official goal of monitoring and protecting the Alliance's security interests in the Arctic region. In reality, however, the main task of the new mission will be to protect Greenland.