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Denmark and Greenland insist on respecting territorial sovereignty and self-determination while a new working group forms to address Arctic security issues, officials said.
- On Wednesday, a delegation from Denmark and Greenland met US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House, with Denmark's foreign minister calling the talks constructive.
- Copenhagen and Nuuk requested the meeting to cool a dispute that spilled onto social media and add nuance after disagreement over President Donald Trump's push for closer US control of Greenland.
- Historically, the US stationed up to 10,000 troops in Greenland and now operates one base with around 200 troops; Rasmussen noted Cold War accords grant broad US military access and Danish officials denied recent Chinese warship presence.
- NATO and partner countries are arranging deployments, with France sending troops and Germany and Sweden planning reconnaissance and military contributions, while a high-level working group will meet in the coming weeks.
- Greenlandic Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt said her government had 'shown where our limits are,' emphasizing any solution must respect Denmark's sovereignty and Greenlanders' right to self‑determination, with no immediate threat from Russia or China, according to officials and experts.
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Denmark's foreign minister has said he has a "fundamental disagreement" with the US over Greenland, after talks at the White House. Lars Lokke Rasmussen said the meeting with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday had been "candid but constructive". But he added that the US president was insisting on "invading" Greenland, which was "completely unacceptable". "We made it very, very clear that this is not in Denmar…
Representatives from the United States, Denmark and Greenland met at the White House on Wednesday. According to Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, there is a fundamental disagreement on the Greenland issue after talks with the United States.
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