Greenland and Denmark said on April 27 that they will move to solidify their alliance as President Donald Trump continues to express interest in buying the Arctic island.
The display of unity followed discussions in Copenhagen between Greenland’s new prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. Nielsen arrived in the Danish capital on Saturday for what is slated to be a three-day visit.
“We are in a foreign policy situation, which means we have to move closer together,” Nielsen said at a joint press conference with Frederiksen.
Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory in the Arctic Ocean to the northeast of Canada, offers strategic, political, and economic advantages, particularly as the United States looks toward the Northwest Passage for shipping routes amid delays at the Panama Canal....
