THE United States, Denmark and Greenland have agreed to establish a “high-level working group” to explore possible areas of compromise since a “fundamental disagreement” persists over the future of Greenland, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said here Wednesday. His remarks came just after US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio met him and Greenlandic Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt at the White House.
Though calling the meeting “a frank but also constructive” discussion “focused on how to ensure the long-term security in Greenland,” Rasmussen said at a press conference that Denmark and Greenland’s “perspectives continue to differ” from the United States.
“I must say, the president (US President Donald Trump) has made his view clear, and we have a different position,” Rasmussen said, asserting that in Denmark’s view, Greenland’s long-term security “can be ensured inside the current framework.”
“We agreed that it makes sense to try to sit down on a high level to explore whether there’s possibilities to accommodate the concerns of the president while we at the same time, respect the red lines of the Kingdom of Denmark. So this is the work we will start,” he said, adding that the working group is expected to meet for the first time “within a matter of weeks”.
Xinhua
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