Overview
- Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said Denmark will continue reinforcing its military presence on the island.
- Poulsen added that Copenhagen will press NATO to stage more Arctic exercises and expand the alliance’s regional footprint.
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said decisions about Greenland’s future rest solely with Denmark and Greenland.
- Washington talks were reported as expected today between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland, with follow‑up discussions involving Denmark, Greenland and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte planned around January 19.
- The moves come after U.S. criticism and renewed U.S. political calls for control of Greenland, even as a 1951 U.S.–Danish agreement already commits the United States to the island’s defense.