NUUK: Canada and France, which both oppose US President Donald Trump&#39;s claim to Greenland, opened consulates in the Danish autonomous territory&#39;s capital on Friday, in a show of support for the local government. Since returning to the White House last year, Trump has insisted that Washington needs to control the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island for security reasons. Last month backed off threats to seize Greenland after striking a &quot;framework&quot; deal with NATO chief Mark Rutte to ensure greater US influence. A US-Denmark-Greenland working group has been established to discuss Washington&#39;s security concerns in the Arctic, but details have not been made public. While Denmark and Greenland have said they share Trump&#39;s security concerns, they have insisted that sovereignty and territorial integrity are a &quot;red line&quot; in the discussions. Canada and France formally opened the new consulates in Nuuk, the island&#39;s capital. &quot;This is a very important day for us as a country, because we&#39;re opening our consulate here in Nuuk, Greenland,&quot; said Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand at the inauguration ceremony, before hoisting her country&#39;s flag over the consulate building to applause from a 76-person Inuit delegation. &#39;Victory for Greenlanders&#39; &quot;It&#39;s a victory for Greenlanders to see two allies opening diplomatic representations in Nuuk,&quot; said Jeppe Strandsbjerg, a political scientist at the University of Greenland. &quot;There is great appreciation for the support against what Trump has said.&quot; French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to open a consulate during a visit to Nuuk in June, where he expressed Europe&#39;s &quot;solidarity&quot; with Greenland and criticised Trump&#39;s ambitions. The newly appointed French consul, Jean-Noel Poirier, had previously served as ambassador to Vietnam. &quot;The first item on the agenda will be to listen to Greenlanders, to hear them, to let them explain in detail their position, and from our side to confirm to them our support, as much as they and the Danish side want,&quot; Poirier told AFP before leaving Copenhagen for Nuuk. Poirier arrived in the Greenlandic capital on Friday, but does not yet have an office. Canada announced in late 2024 that it would open a consulate in Greenland to boost cooperation. That decision &quot;came as Canada was choosing to strengthen its Arctic strategy when Trump&#39;s return was expected,&quot; French researcher and Arctic expert Mikaa Blugeon-Mered told AFP. The opening of the consulates is &quot;a way of telling Donald Trump that his aggression against Greenland and Denmark is not a question for Greenland and Denmark alone, it&#39;s also a question for European allies and also for Canada&quot;, Ulrik Pram Gad, Arctic expert at the Danish Institute of International Studies, told AFP. &quot;The consequences are obviously not just Danish. It&#39;s European and global,&quot; said Christine Nissen, security and defence analyst at the Europa think tank. At the beginning of the week, Canadian icebreaker Jean Goodwill docked at the port of Nuuk, where it has since conducted a joint exercise with a Danish inspection vessel. Recognition According to Strandsbjerg, the two consulates &mdash; which will report to the French and Canadian embassies in Copenhagen &mdash; will give Greenland an opportunity to &quot;practice&quot; independence, as the island has long dreamt of cutting its ties to Denmark. The decision to open diplomatic missions is also a recognition of Greenland&#39;s growing autonomy, Nissen said. &quot;In terms of their own quest for sovereignty, the Greenlandic people will think to have more direct contact with other European countries,&quot; she said. That would make it possible to reduce Denmark&#39;s role &quot;by diversifying Greenland&#39;s dependence on the outside world, so that it is not solely dependent on Denmark and can have more ties for its economy, trade, investments, politics, and so on&quot;, echoed Pram Gad. Greenland has had diplomatic ties with the European Union since 1992, with Washington since 2014 and with Iceland since 2017. Iceland opened a consulate in Nuuk in 2013, while the United States, which had a consulate in the Greenlandic capital from 1940 to 1953, reopened its mission in 2020. The European Commission opened an office in 2024.

Americas

US-Denmark-Greenland working group has been established to discuss Washington's security concerns in the Arctic, but details have not been made public.



In show of support, Canada, France open consulates in Greenland

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ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump has withdrawn Canada&#39;s invitation to his newly-established&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/board-of-peace-to-work-with-un-for-global-peace-efforts-trump" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Board of Peace</a>&nbsp;on Friday, escalating tensions with America&#39;s northern neighbor. Trump announced the decision on Truth Social, declaring the withdrawal in a formal letter-style post. &quot;Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada&#39;s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time,&quot; Trump wrote. <div class="fr-embed" style="line-height: 2;"><iframe src="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115941901312153410/embed" class="truthsocial-embed" style="max-width: 100%; border: 0;" width="600" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</iframe></div> The move came days after Carney delivered a forceful speech in Davos that warned of a &quot;rupture&quot; in the global order. The Canadian leader criticized great powers for &quot;using economic integration as weapons&quot; and urged middle powers to stop &quot;living within a lie&quot; about the rules-based international system. Diplomatic rebuke follows speech Carney&#39;s address made no direct mention of Trump but challenged the transactional approach to international relations that has defined the US president&#39;s second term. &quot;You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination,&quot; Carney said. The prime minister announced Canada would &quot;take the sign out of the window.&quot; He outlined Canada&#39;s strategy of building coalitions with other middle powers rather than negotiating bilaterally with hegemons &quot;from weakness.&quot; Trump responded by characterizing Canada as &quot;not grateful&quot; for American protection. The Board of Peace withdrawal followed within 48 hours. Board of Peace The Board of Peace was launched by Trump to resolve global conflicts. Approximately 35 nations had joined by late January, including Hungary, Argentina and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/pakistan-accepts-us-invitation-to-join-gaza-board-of-peace" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pakistan</a>. The board&#39;s charter describes a mission to &quot;promote stability&quot; and &quot;secure enduring peace&quot; in conflict zones globally, though it was initially conceived to oversee Gaza reconstruction and governance. Several Western allies, including the United Kingdom and France, declined participation after Trump extended&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/trump-says-putin-accepted-to-join-his-board-of-peace" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">invitations</a>&nbsp;to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Relations at low point The diplomatic snub reflects a broader deterioration in US-Canada relations since Trump took office in January 2025. The administration has imposed escalating tariffs on Canadian goods, reaching 35% for many sectors by August 2025. Steel and aluminum face 50% duties, while automobiles and automotive parts carry 25% tariffs. Trump abruptly terminated trade talks in June 2025 after Canada refused to eliminate a 3% digital services tax on American tech firms. Canada retaliated with matching tariffs, contributing to a more than 25% drop in Canadian travel to the United States by early 2026. The US&nbsp;president has repeatedly described Canada as a potential &quot;51st state&quot; and suggested using &quot;economic force&quot; for annexation.&nbsp; Canadian response hardens Carney, who took office in 2025, initially sought accommodation with Trump but has shifted to what he calls &quot;value-based realism.&quot; His government has cut taxes, fast-tracked $1 trillion in infrastructure investments, and pledged to double defense spending by decade&#39;s end. Canada has signed 12 new trade and security agreements across four continents in six months and concluded strategic partnerships with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/canadas-carney-hails-strategic-partnership-in-talks-with-xi" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">China</a>, Qatar and the European Union. Carney has focused on building &quot;variable geometry&quot; coalitions on issues from Arctic sovereignty to critical minerals. Public sentiment in Canada has hardened sharply. Recent polling shows 64% of Canadians hold negative views of the United States, the highest level in two decades. Meanwhile, 77% lack confidence in Trump. Arctic tensions persist Canada has aligned closely with Greenland and Denmark following Trump&#39;s stated&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/trump-takes-davos-stage-as-greenland-dispute-looms-over-transatlantic-ties" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">interest</a>&nbsp;in acquiring the Danish territory. The Canadian PM pledged support for Greenland&#39;s &quot;unique right to determine&quot; its future and announced unprecedented investments in Arctic defense infrastructure, including over-the-horizon radar, submarines and aircraft. &quot;Canada strongly opposes tariffs over Greenland and calls for focused talks to achieve our shared objectives of security and prosperity in the Arctic,&quot; Carney said in Davos. The prime minister described Canada&#39;s new approach as refusing to accept &quot;the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination.&quot; He argued middle powers must &quot;combine to create a third path&quot; rather than competing for favor from hegemons.

US President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 7, 2025. (AFP)

The withdrawal of the notification has followed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent speect at Davos against yielding to the US pressure over Greenland.

Trump axes Canada’s Board of Peace invitation

WASHINGTON: North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) aircraft will soon arrive at a US military base in Greenland for &quot;long-planned&quot; activities, the organization said Monday. The announcement from NORAD, a joint US-Canada military organization for aerospace monitoring and defense, came amid rising tensions over President Donald Trump&#39;s demand for US control of the autonomous Danish territory. The statement did not describe the nature of the planned activities at Pituffik Space Base, which it said were aimed at &quot;defense cooperation.&quot; It said that the activities had been coordinated with Denmark and that Greenland had been informed. NORAD said that the arriving aircraft will operate alongside those from bases in the continental United States and Canada. &quot;They will support various long-planned NORAD activities, building on the enduring defense cooperation between the United States and Canada, as well as the Kingdom of Denmark,&quot; NORAD said. The statement added that NORAD &quot;routinely conducts sustained, dispersed operations in the defense of North America.&quot; Trump has stoked <a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/trump-links-greenland-threats-to-nobel-peace-prize-snub-bloomberg" style="color:#0073e6;">anxiety </a>among US transatlantic allies with threats to <a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/trump-warns-greenland-deal-will-happen-easy-or-hard-threatens-iran" style="color:#0073e6;">take over</a> Greenland &quot;one way or the other.&quot; Over the weekend, the US president <a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/trump-threatens-europe-with-tariffs-over-greenland-as-protesters-rally" style="color:#0073e6;">threatened</a>&nbsp;to wield new tariffs against countries that oppose his plans for the Arctic island, after several European nations sent small military delegations there for an exercise, to which the United States was also invited. Denmark has proposed that NATO start surveillance operations in Greenland to confront security concerns.

Trump has stoked anxiety among US transatlantic allies with threats to take over Greenland "one way or the other"; Denmark has proposed that NATO start surveillance operations in Greenland to confront security concerns.

Military aircraft to arrive in Greenland for 'long-planned' activities: US-Canadian command

PALM BEACH: US President Donald Trump on Saturday escalated his quest to acquire Greenland, threatening multiple <a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/greenlanders-put-faith-in-europes-troops-and-us-congress" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">European nations with tariffs </a>of up to 25 percent until his purchase of the Danish territory is achieved.&nbsp;Trump&#39;s threats came as thousands of people protested in the capital of Greenland against his wish to acquire the mineral-rich island at the gateway to the Arctic.&nbsp;Thousands more protested in Copenhagen and other Danish cities.&nbsp;The US president aimed his ire at Denmark, a fellow NATO member, as well as several European countries that have deployed troops in recent days to the vast autonomous territory with a population of 57,000.&nbsp;If realized, Trump&#39;s threats against Washington&#39;s NATO partners would create unprecedented tension within the alliance.&nbsp;From February 1, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland would be subject to a 10-percent tariff on all goods sent to the United States, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network.&nbsp;&quot;On June 1st, 2026, the Tariff will be increased to 25%. This Tariff will be due and payable until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland,&quot; he wrote.&nbsp;&quot;These Countries, who are playing this very dangerous game, have put a level of risk in play that is not tenable or sustainable,&quot; Trump said.&nbsp;&quot;Therefore, it is imperative that, in order to protect <a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/trump-says-us-needs-greenland-for-national-security" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Global Peace and Security</a>, strong measures be taken so that this potentially perilous situation end quickly, and without question.&quot;&nbsp;Trump added that he was &quot;immediately open to negotiation with Denmark and/or any of these Countries.&quot;&nbsp;Make America Go Away&nbsp;In Nuuk, thousands of people, including the territory&#39;s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, waved Greenlandic flags, chanted slogans and sang traditional Inuit songs under light rain.&nbsp;Many wore caps with the words &quot;Make America Go Away&quot; -- a riff on Trump&#39;s &quot;Make America Great Again&quot; slogan.&nbsp;&quot;We don&#39;t want Trump invading Greenland, that is the message,&quot; 44-year-old nurse Paarniq Larsen Strum said at the Nuuk rally, calling the situation &quot;nerve-wracking.&quot;&nbsp;&quot;We demand respect for our country&#39;s right to self-determination and for us as a people,&quot; added protest organizer Avijaja Rosing-Olsen.&nbsp;In Copenhagen, charity worker Kirsten Hjoernholm, 52, said it was important to show unity with Greenlanders.&nbsp;&quot;You cannot be bullied by an ally. It&#39;s about international law,&quot; she said.&nbsp;Around her, demonstrators waved the flags of Denmark and Greenland while chanting &quot;Kalaallit Nunaat!&quot; -- the vast Arctic island&#39;s name in Greenlandic.&nbsp;Some also held placards saying &quot;USA already has too much ICE,&quot; referring to Trump&#39;s deployment of federal immigration officers in US cities, while others chanted &quot;Greenland is not for sale.&quot;&nbsp;US &#39;security&#39; claimsTrump has repeatedly claimed that the United States needs Greenland for US &quot;national security.&quot; He also claims that Denmark is incapable of ensuring the territory&#39;s security, notably from China and Russia.&nbsp;France said the military exercise in Greenland was designed to show the world that they will defend the territory.&nbsp;Denmark said the US had been invited to join the drill.&nbsp;It was not immediately clear what authority the US president would invoke to impose the threatened tariffs of up to 25 percent.&nbsp;Since returning to the presidency, Trump has unleashed sweeping tariffs on goods from virtually all trading partners, to address what Washington says are unfair trade practices and as a tool to press governments on US concerns.&nbsp;Washington and the European Union struck a deal last summer to lower US tariffs on key European goods, with the deal currently being implemented.&nbsp;Also on Saturday, a delegation of US lawmakers were wrapping up a visit to Copenhagen for talks with Greenlandic and Danish politicians.&nbsp;The group, led by Democratic Senator Chris Coons, told reporters that Trump&#39;s stance was misguided and not backed by the majority of Americans.&nbsp;It is also roundly rejected by Greenlanders, 85 percent of whom -- according to the latest poll published in January 2025 -- oppose the territory joining the United States. Only six percent were in favor.

Europe

Trump escalated his push to buy Greenland, threatening up to 25% tariffs on Denmark and European allies, sparking mass protests in Greenland and Denmark and raising unprecedented tensions within NATO over sovereignty and security concerns.

Trump threatens Europe with tariffs over Greenland as protesters rally

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Wednesday that <a href="http://Trump%20warns%20Greenland%20deal%20will%20happen%20%E2%80%98easy%20or%20hard,%E2%80%99%20threatens%20Iran" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">US control of Greenland</a> was &quot;vital&quot; for his planned Golden Dome air and missile defense system. &quot;The United States needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security. It is vital for the Golden Dome that we are building,&quot; Trump, who has vowed to seize the Arctic island from ally Denmark, wrote on social media. &quot;NATO becomes far more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the UNITED STATES. Anything less than that is unacceptable.&quot; Trump&#39;s post came early on a day when top <a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/danish-foreign-minister-heads-to-white-house-for-highstakes-greenland-talks" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Danish and Greenlandic diplomats</a> were to visit the White House for talks on Greenland with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Hours before the meeting was due to start, Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen sought to ease US concerns about security in Greenland, telling AFP that Denmark was boosting its military presence there and was in talks with allies on &quot;an increased NATO presence in the Arctic.&quot; Trump for his part said that NATO &quot;should be leading the way&quot; in building the multi-layer missile defense system. &quot;IF WE DON&#39;T, RUSSIA OR CHINA WILL, AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!&quot; Trump wrote. The US leader has repeatedly threatened to take over the vast, strategic and sparsely populated Arctic island, and he has sounded emboldened since ordering a deadly January 3 attack in Venezuela that removed its president.

Picture shows Greenlandic flag hoisted in Elsinore

President Trump emphasized the importance of Greenland for U.S. national security and its role in the Golden Dome missile defense system. He stressed Greenland's value for NATO, threatening action if Russia or China took control.

Trump says US control of Greenland 'vital' for air defense

WASHINGTON: Denmark&#39;s top diplomat visits the White House on Wednesday in a high-stakes attempt to lower the temperature on Greenland, which US President Donald Trump has vowed to seize from the longtime ally. Since returning to the office nearly a year ago, Trump has mused about taking over the vast, strategic, and sparsely populated Arctic island, and he has sounded emboldened since ordering a deadly Jan. 3 attack in Venezuela that removed its president. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen had sought the talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The meeting will take place at the White House, after Vice President JD Vance requested to join. When Lokke requested the meeting, he said he was hoping to &quot;clear up certain misunderstandings.&quot; But it remains to be seen whether the Trump administration also sees a misunderstanding and wants to climb down. Trump, when asked Tuesday about Greenland&#39;s leader saying that the island prefers to remain an autonomous territory of Denmark, said: &quot;Well, that&#39;s their problem.&quot; &quot;Don&#39;t know anything about him, but that&#39;s going to be a big problem for him,&quot; Trump said. Trump, a real-estate developer, said on Friday that he wanted Greenland &quot;whether they like it or not&quot; and &quot;if we don&#39;t do it the easy way, we&#39;re going to do it the hard way.&quot; According to Trump, the United States needs Greenland due to the threat of a takeover by Russia or China. The two rival powers have both stepped up activity in the Arctic, where melting ice due to climate change is making the region more accessible, but neither claims Greenland. With an echo of America&#39;s 19th-century self-conception of possessing a &quot;Manifest Destiny&quot; to expand, Trump has spoken of the need for the United States to grow. Incorporating Greenland, which has 57,000 people, would catapult the United States past China and Canada to be the world&#39;s second-largest country in land mass after Russia. Is cooperation possible?&nbsp;Vance paid an uninvited visit to Greenland in March. He stayed only at Pituffik, the island&#39;s longstanding US base, and did not mingle with local residents. Vance is known for his hard edge, which was on display when he berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly during a White House meeting in February. It has not been announced if the Greenland meeting will be open to the press. If not, it would reduce the chances of a similar, televised confrontation. &quot;If the US continues with, &#39;We have to have Greenland at all costs,&#39; it could be a very short meeting,&quot; said Penny Naas, a senior vice president at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, a Washington think tank. &quot;If there is a slight nuance to it, it could lead to a different conversation,&quot; she said. Greenland&#39;s top diplomat, Vivian Motzfeldt, will join the talks. Her government, as well as Denmark&#39;s, has been firm in opposition to Trump&#39;s designs. &quot;One thing must be clear to everyone: Greenland does not want to be owned by the United States. Greenland does not want to be governed by the United States. Greenland does not want to be part of the United States,&quot; Greenland&#39;s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said at a press conference ahead of the White House talks. He was speaking alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who said it had not been easy to stand up to &quot;completely unacceptable pressure from our closest ally.&quot; Denmark has rejected US claims that it is not protecting Greenland from Russia and China, recalling that it has invested almost 90 billion kroner ($14 billion) to beef up its military presence in the Arctic. Denmark is a founding member of NATO, and its military joined the United States in the wars in Afghanistan and, controversially, Iraq. Shortly after the White House talks, a senior delegation from the US Congress &mdash; mostly Democrats, but with one Republican &mdash; will visit Copenhagen to offer solidarity. &quot;President Trump&#39;s continued threats toward Greenland are unnecessary and would only weaken our NATO alliance,&quot; said Dick Durbin, the number-two Senate Democrat.

Trump has mused about taking over the vast, strategic, and sparsely populated Arctic island, and he has sounded emboldened since ordering a deadly Jan. 3 attack in Venezuela that removed its president; the Danish foreign minister has sought talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which will take place at the White House.

Danish foreign minister heads to White House for high-stakes Greenland talks

COPENHAGEN: Denmark&#39;s prime minister on Sunday said her country faces a &quot;decisive moment&quot; in its diplomatic battle with the United States over Greenland, after President Donald Trump again suggested using force to seize the Arctic territory. Ahead of meetings in Washington from Monday on, the global scramble for key raw materials, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that &quot;there is a conflict over Greenland.&quot; &quot;This is a decisive moment&quot; with stakes that go beyond the immediate issue of Greenland&#39;s future, she added in a debate with other Danish political leaders. Frederiksen posted on Facebook that &quot;we are ready to defend our values &mdash; wherever it is necessary &nbsp;&mdash; also in the Arctic. We believe in international law and in people&#39;s right to self-determination.&quot; Germany and Sweden backed Denmark against Trump&#39;s latest claims to the self-governing Danish territory. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson condemned US &quot;threatening rhetoric&quot; after Trump repeated that Washington was &quot;going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not.&quot; &quot;Sweden, the Nordic countries, the Baltic states, and several major European countries stand together with our Danish friends,&quot; he told a defense conference in Salen, where the US general in charge of NATO took part. Kristersson said a US takeover of mineral-rich Greenland would be &quot;a violation of international law and risks encouraging other countries to act in exactly the same way.&quot; No &#39;immediate threat&#39; Germany reiterated its support for Denmark and Greenland ahead of the Washington discussions. Before meeting US counterpart Marco Rubio on Monday, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadehpul held talks in Iceland to address the &quot;strategic challenges of the Far North&quot;, according to a foreign ministry statement. &quot;Security in the Arctic is becoming more and more important,&quot; and &quot;is part of our common interest in NATO,&quot; he said at a joint news conference with Icelandic Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir. &quot;If the American president is looking at what threats might come from Russian or Chinese ships or submarines in the region, we can of course find answers to that together,&quot; he added. But &quot;the future of Greenland must be decided by the people of Greenland&quot; and Denmark, he said. Asked about a possible strengthening of NATO&#39;s commitment in the Arctic, Wadephul said Germany was &quot;ready to assume greater responsibilities.&quot; Earlier Sunday, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said: &quot;We are strengthening security in the Arctic together, as NATO allies, and not against one another.&quot; He was speaking ahead of an international meeting on critical raw materials in Washington. European nations have scrambled to coordinate a response after the White House said this week that Trump wanted to buy Greenland and refused to rule out military action. On Tuesday, leaders of seven European countries, including France, Britain, Germany, and Italy, signed a letter saying it is &quot;only&quot; for Denmark and Greenland to decide the territory&#39;s future. Trump says controlling the island is crucial for US national security because of the rising Russian and Chinese military activity in the Arctic. NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Alexus Grynkewich told the Swedish conference that alliance members were discussing Greenland&#39;s status. While there was &quot;no immediate threat&quot; to NATO territory, the Arctic&#39;s strategic importance was fast growing, the US general added. Grynkewich said he would not comment on &quot;the political dimensions of recent rhetoric,&quot; but talks on Greenland were being held at the North Atlantic Council. &quot;Those dialogues continue in Brussels. They have been healthy dialogues from what I&#39;ve heard,&quot; the general said. A Danish colony until 1953, Greenland gained home rule 26 years later and is contemplating eventually loosening its ties with Denmark. Polls indicate that Greenland&#39;s population strongly opposes a US takeover. &quot;I don&#39;t think there&#39;s an immediate threat to NATO territory right now,&quot; Grynkewich told the conference. But he said Russian and Chinese vessels had been seen patrolling together on Russia&#39;s northern coast and near Alaska and Canada, working together to get greater access to the Arctic as ice recedes due to global warming.

PM Frederiksen says “we are ready to defend our values — wherever it is necessary  — also in the Arctic. We believe in international law and in peoples' right to self-determination"; Swedish PM condemns US "threatening rhetoric" after Trump repeats that Washington was "going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not."

Danish PM says Greenland showdown at 'decisive moment' after new Trump threats

ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump on Friday said he wanted to secure a deal with Greenland &ldquo;the easy way,&rdquo; but warned he would pursue it &ldquo;the hard way&rdquo; if necessary, while again issuing strong threats against Iran.&nbsp;Speaking to top oil executives in Washington, Trump said he would &ldquo;like to make a deal&rdquo; with Denmark over Greenland but suggested pressure could be applied if negotiations failed.&nbsp;&ldquo;We&rsquo;d like to do it the easy way, but if we don&rsquo;t do it the easy way, we&rsquo;re going to do it the hard way,&rdquo; he said, adding that Denmark had been &ldquo;very nice&rdquo; to him.&nbsp;Commenting on Iran, Trump said Washington was monitoring the situation &ldquo;very carefully&rdquo; amid protests in the country. &ldquo;Iran is in big trouble,&rdquo; he said, warning that the US would respond if protesters were killed.&nbsp;&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll be hitting them very hard where it hurts, and that doesn&rsquo;t mean boots on the ground,&rdquo; Trump said.&nbsp;Settled Pak-India conflict in &lsquo;rapid order&rsquo;Trump also claimed credit for resolving multiple international conflicts and said he had defused tensions between Pakistan and India in May last year before they escalated further.&nbsp;&ldquo;I got it done in rapid order without nuclear weapons,&rdquo; he said, referring to the Pakistan-India situation, adding, &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t think of anybody in history that should get the Nobel Prize more than me.&rdquo;&nbsp;Trump said that he stopped the conflict as it was &ldquo;getting ready to start,&rdquo; where &ldquo;already eight jets were shot out of the air.&rdquo;

US president says he solved the Pak-India conflict in rapid order without nuclear weapons; adds can't think of anybody in history that should get the Nobel prize more than him.

Trump warns Greenland deal will happen ‘easy or hard,’ threatens Iran

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has &quot;actively discussed&quot; the purchase of Greenland with his team, the White House said Wednesday, saying he preferred diplomacy but would not rule out military action. &quot;That&#39;s something that&#39;s currently being actively discussed by the president and his national security team,&quot; Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said when asked about a possible US offer to buy the territory from Denmark. &quot;His team is currently talking about what a potential purchase would look like.&quot; Leavitt reiterated that Trump believes acquiring Greenland would be in the interest of US national security. &quot;He views it in the best interest of the United States to deter Russian and Chinese aggression in the Arctic region. And so that&#39;s why his team is currently talking about what a potential purchase would look like.&quot; Asked why Trump would not rule out military action against a fellow NATO member, Leavitt replied: &quot;That&#39;s not something this president does. All options are always on the table for President Trump. &quot;But I will just say, the president&#39;s first option, always, has been diplomacy.&quot; US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said separately Wednesday that he planned to meet next week with Denmark, which requested talks after Trump&#39;s threats to Greenland. &quot;I&#39;ll be meeting with them next week,&quot; Rubio told reporters.

The White House confirms President Trump is actively discussing purchasing Greenland, citing US national security and Arctic threats, while emphasizing diplomacy and planning talks with Denmark despite not ruling out military options.

Trump 'actively' discussing purchase of Greenland: White House

COPENHAGEN: Denmark&#39;s prime minister warned Monday that any US move to take Greenland by force would destroy 80 years of transatlantic security links, after President Donald Trump repeated his desire to annex the mineral-rich Arctic territory. Washington&#39;s military intervention in Venezuela has reignited fears about Trump&#39;s designs on the autonomous Danish territory, which has untapped rare earth deposits and could be a vital player as polar ice melts, opening up new shipping routes. &quot;We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and Denmark is not going to be able to do it,&quot; the US leader said Sunday. In response, Greenland&#39;s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen told Trump to back off, while several European countries and the European Union rushed to back Denmark, which has urged Washington to stop threatening a NATO ally. In Copenhagen, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told the TV2 network: &quot;If the United States decides to military attack another NATO country, then everything would stop &mdash; that includes NATO and therefore post-World War II security.&quot; Greenland is on the shortest route for missiles between Russia and the United States, and Washington has a military base there. &quot;We&#39;ll worry about Greenland in about two months,&quot; Trump said. &quot;Let&#39;s talk about Greenland in 20 days.&quot; Nielsen told Trump on social media: &quot;That&#39;s enough now. No more pressure. No more insinuations. No more fantasies of annexation.&quot; &quot;We are open to dialogue,&quot; he said. &quot;But this must happen through the proper channels and with respect for international law.&quot; On Monday, he called for renewed contact with the US and urged against panic. &quot;The situation is not such that the United States can conquer Greenland. That is not the case. Therefore, we must not panic. We must restore the good cooperation we once had,&quot; Nielsen said in Nuuk, adding, &quot;we must try to re-establish contact.&quot; &#39;China threat&#39; Trump rattled European leaders by seizing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who is now detained in New York. Trump has said the United States will &quot;run&quot; Venezuela indefinitely and tap its huge oil reserves. The US leader has similarly ramped up pressure on Greenland over recent months, saying in December that Russian and Chinese ships were &quot;all over&quot; the territory&#39;s coast. The foreign ministry in Beijing hit back on Monday, urging Washington to &quot;stop using the so-called China threat as an excuse to seek personal gain.&quot; Aaja Chemnitz, who represents Greenland in the Danish parliament, accused Trump of &quot;spreading lies about Chinese and Russian warships.&quot; &quot;The people of Greenland should go into preparation mode,&quot; she told AFP, adding that Greenlanders needed to start taking Trump much more seriously. On the streets of Copenhagen, people expressed bewilderment at Trump&#39;s threats. &quot;I think it&#39;s a little crazy that he can say those things,&quot; said Frederik Olsen, 56. &quot;He has all the access he wants for the troops,&quot; said Christian Harpsoe, 46. &quot;I see no need. You cannot compare this to Venezuela.&quot; &lsquo;Disrespectful&#39;The controversy drew statements of support from around Europe. EU foreign policy spokesperson Anitta Hipper told reporters the bloc was committed to defending the territorial integrity of its members. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said &quot;only Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark&quot; could decide the territory&#39;s future &mdash; sentiments reflected in statements from the leaders of Finland, Sweden, and Norway. France&#39;s foreign ministry spokesperson Pascal Confavreux told local TV that &quot;borders cannot be changed by force&quot; and added that his country felt &quot;solidarity&quot; with Denmark. The flare-up came after former Trump aide Katie Miller posted an online image Saturday of Greenland in the colors of the US flag with the caption &quot;SOON.&quot; Nielsen labelled the post &quot;disrespectful.&quot; Frederiksen on Sunday called on Washington to stop &quot;threatening its historical ally&quot; and said US claims on Greenland were &quot;absurd.&quot; Miller is the wife of Trump adviser Stephen Miller, who is widely seen as the architect of many Trump policies, guiding the president&#39;s hard-line immigration decisions and domestic agenda. In response to Miller&#39;s post, Denmark&#39;s ambassador to Washington, Jesper Moeller Soerensen, said his country was already working with Washington to boost security in the Arctic. &quot;We are close allies and should continue to work together as such,&quot; Soerensen wrote.

Washington's military intervention in Venezuela has reignited fears about Trump's designs on the autonomous Danish territory, which has untapped rare earth deposits and could be a vital player as polar ice melts, opening up new shipping routes.

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