Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said he will meet with U.S. Vice President JD Vance in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the dispute over U.S. claims on Greenland.
Greenland’s Minister responsible for Foreign Policy, Vivian Motzfeldt, and the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, are also expected to attend the meeting.
The meeting came amid heightened tensions over the Arctic island following U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated statements that the U.S. must “own” Greenland for U.S. national security interests.
Greenland, home to fewer than 57,000 people and about four-fifths covered by ice, is largely autonomous but formally part of the Kingdom of Denmark, a NATO member.
Residents have repeatedly said that they do not want to become a part of the U.S. and Denmark and other NATO countries oppose the idea.
