Overview
- France, Germany, the UK, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands dispatched small reconnaissance and exercise teams to Greenland to signal allied unity and support for Denmark.
- Denmark announced plans to expand its Arctic footprint, with the defense minister aiming for a more permanent presence led by Danish forces and supported by rotating NATO allies.
- The UK and Norway endorsed an "Arctic Sentry" concept to formalize a NATO role across the High North, with officials not ruling out future exercises involving Greenland.
- The White House said European deployments will not affect President Trump’s goal of acquiring Greenland, which he argues is a national-security necessity and has refused to rule out using force.
- Talks in Washington created a working group but left a fundamental disagreement unresolved, as Denmark and Greenland insist the island is not for sale and Russia denounced NATO activity as militarization.