Denmark’s International Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen talks to journalists forward of a EU International Affairs Council assembly on the EU headquarters in Brussels on January 29, 2026.
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Denmark’s overseas minister on Thursday welcomed “very constructive” high-level talks over Greenland’s future, saying the dialog concerning the island was “again on observe.”
The talks between the U.S., Greenland, and Denmark in Washington on Wednesday had been designed to resolve the diplomatic disaster triggered by President Donald Trump’s repeated threats towards the huge and sparsely populated Arctic island.
Chatting with reporters in Brussels forward of a gathering of European Union overseas ministers, Danish International Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen stated the assembly “went effectively.”
“Very constructive environment and tone and new conferences are deliberate,” Rasmussen stated.
“It is not that issues are solved however it’s good as a result of now we’re again to what we agreed in Washington precisely two weeks and a day in the past. After that, there was a serious detour. Issues had been escalating however now we’re again on observe,” Rasmussen stated.
“It is not that we are able to conclude something, however I’m barely extra optimistic at this time than every week in the past,” he added.
Final week, Trump backed away from imposing tariffs on a number of European international locations opposing his effort to take over the self-governing Danish territory and likewise dominated out utilizing power to take it for the primary time, throughout his deal with to the World Financial Discussion board in Davos, Switzerland.
Trump subsequently declared on Fact Social that he had a “framework of a future deal” concerning Greenland and later informed CNBC he had “the idea” of 1.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday informed lawmakers that talks over Greenland’s future could be carried out in a “very skilled, simple method” and in the end be resolved positively.
“We’re in an excellent place proper now,” Rubio stated. “I feel we have now in place a course of that’s going to deliver us to an excellent consequence for everyone. The president’s curiosity in Greenland has been clear, it is a nationwide safety curiosity.”
‘Afraid and scared’
The leaders of Greenland and Denmark, which is accountable for the island’s protection, have traveled collectively to Germany and France in current days, in search of to shore up help from European allies amid Trump’s threats.
“What we’re coping with as a authorities is attempting to push again from outdoors and deal with our people who find themselves afraid and scared,” Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen stated Wednesday at an occasion in Paris, in keeping with Reuters.
Trump has lengthy argued the U.S. wants management of Greenland, saying in 2019 that his administration was fascinated with buying the territory as a result of it was important for U.S. nationwide safety.
Residential homes stand behind an iceberg floating by two days after U.S. President Donald Trump walked again on his most aggressive threats over buying Greenland on January 23, 2026 in Nuuk, Greenland.
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The U.S. president renewed his curiosity in buying the world’s largest island after the army operation to seize Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, on Jan. 3.
Trump’s rhetoric raised alarm in Greenland and Denmark, with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warning on Wednesday that the world order as we all know it’s now over.
Opinion polls have proven that Greenlanders overwhelmingly oppose U.S. management, whereas a majority help independence from Denmark.
