Naalakkersuisoq for foreign affairs , Vivian Motzfeldt (S), and the Danish Foreign Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen (Moderates), will meet with the American Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, tomorrow.
Lars Løkke Rasmussen has now said that the American vice-president, J.D. Vance, also attending.
- Regarding the meeting, I can also state that the American vice-president, J.D. Vance, has wanted to participate and will host that meeting, says Løkke.
This was stated by Lars Løkke on Tuesday after a meeting in Det Foreign Policy Council (UPN). Here was "The Kingdom's relationship with the United States" only item on the agenda. In addition to Løkke, Minister of Defense Troels Lund participated Poulsen (Left) from the government.
When J.D. Vance will host the meeting, it will take place in the White House.
- The background for the meeting is to get this entire discussion into a conference room where we can look each other in the eye, and therefore I have no further comments, says Lars Løkke according to TV2 None
It was Vivian Motzfeldt and Lars Løkke who requested the meeting after several statements by President Donald Trump about wanting control over Greenland.
Must meet with Nato
Meeting activities are underway. Vivian Motzfeldt and Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen will meet with NATO's Secretary General on Monday about the situation in the Arctic.
It is the Minister of Defense who has asked for the meeting.
- We need a greater presence, not least also from NATO, says Troels Lund Poulsen.
The news about the meeting in Brussels also comes as an extension of the meeting in the Foreign Policy Council on Denmark and Greenland's relationship with the USA.
At the meeting in Brussels, Troels Lund Poulsen will try to clarify the need for a greater military presence in the Arctic.
- It has been a Danish priority for several years to have a discussion in NATO and not least to get greater attention in relation to NATO's presence in and around the Arctic, he says.
While he wants to work for a greater NATO focus in the high north, he also foreshadows a strengthened Danish effort in Greenland.
- In addition, I would like to inform you that we are moving forward with the whole issue of a more permanent and larger presence in Greenland from Danish defence, also with the participation of other countries, says Troels Lund Poulsen.
The Minister of Defense is not specific in his message about how many new soldiers and military units this will mean.
