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Danish PM Mette Frederiksen is visiting Greenland's capital Nuuk for talks with the territory's leader, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, after a rollercoaster week that saw US President Donald Trump roll back his threats to forcibly take over the Arctic island and agree to further negotiations.<\/p>\n
Tensions had risen precariously over the past couple of weeks, until a stunning turnaround on Wednesday, when Trump suddenly ruled out military action, and withdrew his threats to slap tariffs on several European allies.<\/p>\n
Trump posted on social media that a "framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland" had been reached, following his meeting with Nato chief Mark Rutte at the World Economic Forum in Davos.<\/p>\n
However, few details have been given, and there are questions about what exactly was agreed between the US president and the secretary general.<\/p>\n
The Danish prime minister travelled directly from Brussels, where she also met face-to-face with Rutte earlier on Friday morning. According to Rutte's post on X, they agreed "to enhance deterrence and defence in the Arctic".<\/p>\n
After landing at Nuuk airport, Frederiksen was greeted on the tarmac by Nielsen, who gave her a hug.<\/p>\n
"I am first and foremost in Greenland today to show our strong Danish support for the Greenlandic people," she told reporters. "It's a very difficult time, everyone can see that."<\/p>\n
"It is a serious situation we are in. Everyone can see that. Now there is a diplomatic, political track that we will pursue," she said. Her trip was a "working" visit to prepare their "next steps," she said.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n On Thursday, Trump told Fox News<\/a> that the US "gets everything we want at no cost" and that a "piece" of his planned "Golden Dome" missile defence system would be placed on Greenland.<\/p>\n When asked if this was an actual "acquisition", he answered: "It's total access. There's no end, there's no time limit."<\/p>\n Previously the New York Times reported that one idea under discussion was Denmark ceding sovereignty over small pockets of land<\/a> where the US would build military bases.<\/p>\n Danish and Greenlandic officials have pushed back strongly against giving up any form of ownership, and repeatedly stated that sovereignty is a "red line".<\/p>\n Ahead of an emergency European summit in the Belgian capital on Thursday evening, Frederiksen said that Greenland's sovereignty was non-negotiable, though Denmark was willing to work on "security".<\/p>\n The US has around 150 military personnel at its single Pituffik base in the north-western tip of the territory.<\/p>\n Under a defence pact with Denmark, dating back to 1951, the US can already build up its military presence and deploy further troops.<\/p>\n That was updated in 2004, jointly with the Bush administration, to include Greenland as an equal partner to the deal.<\/p>\n AFP has reported that sources familiar with talks had said the US and Denmark would renegotiate the 1951 agreement.<\/p>\n Danish national newspaper Berlingske also writes that a renegotiation is possible, that the Danish and Greenlandic sides have not ruled out revising that deal. However, mineral rights or the surrender of territory have never been on the table.<\/p>\n The BBC has reached out to Denmark's Ministry of Defence, which declined to Greenland<\/a>Denmark<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Danish PM in Greenland for 'show of support' after Trump threats32 minutes agoShareSaveAdrienne MurrayCopenhagenShareSaveReutersFrederiksen (left) said there was now a "diplomatic, poli…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Trump covets mineral-rich Greenland, but what natural resources does it actually have?<\/h2>\n
What we know about Trump's 'framework of future deal' over Greenland<\/h2>\n
Why does Trump want Greenland and what could it mean for Nato and the EU?<\/h2>\n