Greenland's future

Denmark strengthens defense - expands presence in the Arctic

Denmark is allocating the equivalent of 23 billion Swedish kronor to strengthen its defense, including in the Arctic. This was announced by the country's Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen at a press conference on Monday, Danish media reports.

Among other things, the country will acquire three new ships to replace existing ships in order to get "better coverage of the Arctic and the North Atlantic", according to the minister.

Lund Poulsen emphasizes that he wants good cooperation with allies in the region around Greenland and mentions Canada, Norway and the USA.

- I would like to see a strong American presence and even closer cooperation, he says.
Greenland's future

EU foreign policy chief wants to meet with Rubio about Greenland

The foreign ministers of the EU countries discussed Donald Trump's statements about Greenland in Brussels today, Danish TV2 reports. At a press conference afterwards, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said she had invited US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for talks.

“I am also willing to visit Washington as soon as possible,” she said.

At the same time, Kallas stressed that the EU is not negotiating about Greenland, but that the Union “supports the member state Denmark and its autonomous region of Greenland.”