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'We are family', says EU chief Ursula von der Leyen at start of Greenland visit

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Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (left) and Greenland's head of government Jens-Frederik Nielsen (centre) met European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen (right) at the start of her two-day visit to Greenland.
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (left) and Greenland's head of government Jens-Frederik Nielsen (centre) met European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen (right) at the start of her two-day visit to Greenland. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scan - Mads Claus Rasmussen

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Greenland on Sunday for a two-day visit aimed at reaffirming the European Union's support for the Arctic island coveted by the US President Donald Trump.

"We are family," she said on her arrival in the island's capital, Nuuk, where she was welcomed by Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen.

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