Denmark and its European allies have rejected Trump's insistence that the Nordic country must hand Greenland to the United States, launching talks last month between Copenhagen, Nuuk and Washington to resolve the diplomatic standoff. "An update of the Helsinki Treaty will be a historic step and a future-proofing of Nordic co-operation," Denmark's minister for Nordic cooperation, Morten Dahlin, said in a statement. Greenland will actively participate in creating a commission to update the agreement, the island's Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt said in the statement. "The process surrounding the Helsinki Treaty will be decisive in determining whether Greenland can be recognised as an equal partner in Nordic cooperation," Motzfeldt said. Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen earlier this month said that if Greenlanders were forced to choose between the U.S. and Denmark, they would choose Denmark.
