Overview
- About 15 French mountain specialists arrived in Nuuk for Operation Arctic Endurance, with President Emmanuel Macron saying the force will soon be reinforced by land, air and maritime assets.
- Denmark’s mission is drawing wider European involvement, with the Netherlands assigning a naval officer and Finland dispatching two liaison officers to scope training activities.
- Russia’s embassy in Belgium said it is “seriously concerned,” accusing NATO of fast-tracking a military build-up in the Arctic under a false pretext of threats from Moscow and Beijing.
- Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova criticized Europe’s handling of the Greenland dispute and likened Western positions to earlier precedents on sovereignty.
- President Donald Trump asserted that the United States needs Greenland for national security, following a Washington meeting with Denmark’s and Greenland’s top diplomats.