France began deploying troops to Greenland on Thursday and said it would send additional "land, air and sea" forces in the coming days, confirming the presence of high-mountain specialists from the French army on the ground as part of a European military exercise after inconclusive talks in Washington.
The move followed an emergency defence council convened at the Élysée on Greenland and Iran, after which President Emmanuel Macron travelled to the Istres air base in southern France to deliver his annual address to the armed forces.
