The Latest Breaking News from Lars Lokke Rasmussen

PM pleads for ‘calm’ as furious France and Germany hint at retaliation

The Prime Minister said the dispute over Greenland should be resolved through ‘calm discussion between allies’, not a trade war or military action.

Foreign affairs minsters Vivian Motzfeldt of Greenland, second from left, and Lars Lokke Rasmussen of Denmark, center, pose in the Capitol.

Military reinforcements from France, Germany, Norway and Sweden are set to help boost Arctic security amid ongoing US threats to take the territory

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.

Minister of Foreign Affairs for Denmark, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, said the US and Denmark's positions on the future of Greenland differ

US threats to seize Greenland drew a warning from France on Wednesday, after leader Donald Trump renewed claims that Washington should take control of the Arctic island for security reasons. President Emmanuel Macron warned that any move affecting Greenland’s sovereignty would bring “unprecedented” consequences.

‘Geopolitical tensions have spread to the Arctic’ said a statement released by Greenland and Denmark

Von der Leyen's comments come as US officials will host the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers at the White House for crunch talks later on Wednesday.