Denmark has welcomed a meeting with the US next week to discuss President Donald Trump's renewed call for the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island of Greenland to come under American control. “This is the dialogue that is needed, as requested by the government together with the Greenlandic government,” Danish defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen told Danish broadcaster DR on Thursday. Greenland's government has told Danish public broadcaster DR that Greenland will participate in the meeting between Denmark and the US announced by Rubio. “Nothing can be decided about Denmark and about Greenland without Denmark, or without Greenland. The Sirius Dog Sledge Patrol, an elite Danish naval unit that conducts long-range reconnaissance and enforces Danish sovereignty in the Arctic wilderness, is also stationed in Greenland.

Source: The Telegraph January 08, 2026 15:12 UTC