WASHINGTON—Following a White House meeting on Jan. 14, the foreign minister of Denmark and its semi-autonomous territory of Greenland said they had agreed to form a high-level working group with the United States to help steer Greenland’s future.
At present, Greenland is a territory of Denmark and is covered under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance. President Donald Trump, however, has repeatedly expressed interest in acquiring Greenland or otherwise asserting control over the island territory.
Trump’s comments have met with pushback from Danish and Greenlandic leaders.
Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Greenlandic Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt at the White House on Wednesday to discuss the issue….