Overview
- Following talks in Washington on January 14, the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers presented a united stance on safeguarding the kingdom’s territorial integrity and Greenland’s right to self-determination.
- Greenland’s government and Denmark’s defense ministry said they will intensify Danish military exercises on the island in close cooperation with NATO partners.
- About 34 European NATO personnel are joining as a symbolic reinforcement, including 15 from France and 13 from Germany, with smaller contributions from Norway, Finland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Sweden already present.
- The White House told Reuters on January 6 that the use of U.S. Armed Forces is always an option in plans regarding Greenland.
- Russia’s ambassador to Denmark said Copenhagen has documented U.S. attempts to influence Greenland’s independence processes, and a U.S. ambassador-nominee to Iceland apologized for a statehood joke that drew official queries and a petition exceeding 2,000 signatures.