Overview
- Around 15 French soldiers have reached Nuuk, with Germany’s 13‑person Bundeswehr team scheduled to arrive Friday after a staging stop in Karup.
- The deployments, organized under Denmark’s invitation as part of Operation Arctic Endurance, are described as exploratory and focus on assessing needs such as maritime surveillance.
- A high‑level meeting in Washington among the United States, Denmark, and Greenland ended without agreement, and a new working group is due to convene in the coming weeks.
- President Donald Trump reiterated that only U.S. control of Greenland is acceptable, linking the demand to a planned “Golden Dome” missile‑defense concept and arguing NATO is insufficient.
- European leaders caution that the dispute is straining NATO cohesion as Russia voices concern over the growing presence, while Copenhagen and Nuuk reject any U.S. takeover.