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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg

Denmark and US ‘agree to disagree’ on Greenland’s future, foreign minister says

Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen and Greenland's Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt met with US officials Wednesday. - (via REUTERS)

The United States, Denmark and Greenland will convene a “high-level working group” for talks on a “common way forward” after diplomats met at the White House amid President Donald Trump’s campaign of threats to acquire the arctic territory by force or by purchase.

Speaking outside Denmark’s embassy shortly after he and Greenlandic Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt left a Wednesday sit-down with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance at the White House, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen told reporters the meeting had been “a frank but also constructive” discussion on “how to ensure the long-term security in Greenland.”

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