
The foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland will meet with US Vice President JD Vance at the White House today after weeks of threats by President Donald Trump to take control of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.
Trump has said the strategically located and mineral-rich island is vital to US security and that the United States must own it to prevent its occupation by Russia or China.
Greenland and Denmark say the island is not for sale, threats of force are reckless and security concerns should be resolved between allies. EU countries have backed Denmark.
Denmark's Foreign Minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, and his Greenland counterpart, Vivian Motzfeldt, were expected to show a united front in the meeting with Vance and other US officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
" We choose the Greenland we know today - as part of the Kingdom of Denmark ," Motzfeldt, the Danish ambassador to the US, said in a statement on Tuesday.
Greenland's Prime Minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, also reiterated Greenland's commitment to Denmark, calling the situation "a geopolitical crisis" and rejecting the possibility of becoming a US territory./Reuters