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Tensions over Greenland have surged after Donald Trump’s renewed push for greater U.S. control over the strategically critical Arctic territory, triggering alarm in Greenland, Denmark, and across NATO. A high-stakes U.S.–Greenland–Denmark meeting reportedly ended without consensus, deepening fears of a diplomatic breakdown and fueling speculation about what comes next. Greenlandic leaders and residents are increasingly anxious as rhetoric escalates, with concerns that great-power rivalry in the Arctic could spill into a broader security crisis. Denmark has reiterated its sovereignty over Greenland, while Washington continues to stress the island’s strategic importance for defense, energy routes, and Arctic dominance.
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00:00It's very frightening because it's such a big thing.
00:03Reality just hit.
00:05It's heavy.
00:07I'm hoping that in the future we will be living the same way as we have been living.
00:11They didn't manage to make an agreement but I have my hopes because I want to live in peace.
00:17Of course Denmark is going to keep us and not America.
00:21It feels like flying without being able to land and now we can finally land.
00:25I was watching from the beginning of the press conference.
00:30It's very frightening because it's such a big thing.
00:37Reality just hit.
00:38It's heavy.
00:43I'm hoping that in the future we will be living the same way as we have been living.
00:49In peace and without disturbance.
00:52It's very comforting.
00:55They didn't manage to make an agreement but I have my hopes because I want to live in peace.
01:06Of course Denmark is going to keep us and not America.
01:13The meeting went well.
01:14They are talking about a working group to reach an agreement.
01:17It feels like flying without being able to land and now we can finally land.
01:22We almost know what the agreement is going to be and that's comforting too.
01:30Minister Vivian Mosfeld and I met with Vice President Vance and Secretary Rubio today.
01:40We came here following a number of remarkable public comments on Greenland and Arctic security.
01:52Our aim was to find a joint way forward to increase Arctic security.
01:58What can the Kingdom of Denmark do more?
02:00What can U.S. do more?
02:03What can NATO do more?
02:06The Kingdom of Denmark has already stepped up our own contribution by committing additional funds for
02:14military capabilities.
02:17Not dog slates but ships, drones, fighter jets, etc.
02:21And we are definitely ready to do more.
02:25The U.S. has already a wide military access to Greenland.
02:31Under the 1951 defense agreement, the U.S. can always ask for increasing its presence in Greenland.
02:40And therefore, we wish to hear if the U.S. had any further requests to make in this aspect.
02:47We would examine any such request constructively.
02:52Greenland is, through the Kingdom of Denmark, a member of NATO and has been that since the very
02:59founding of NATO in 1949 and is therefore also covered by Article 5.
03:05We have been pushing for quite a while in NATO for a stronger collective role in Greenland,
03:13together with a number of allies.
03:15And we are eager to work with the U.S. on advancing this agenda.
03:21And we are prepared to go further.
03:24Therefore, our aim was to find a common understanding on all these points and to launch,
03:31if possible, further in-depth work to deliver on them.
03:36On this basis, we had what I will describe as a frank but also constructive discussion.
03:42The discussions focused on how to ensure the long-term security in Greenland.
03:47And here, our perspectives continue to differ, I must say.
03:52The President has made his view clear, and we have a different position.
03:59We, the Kingdom of Denmark, continue to believe
04:01that also the long-term security of Greenland can be ensured inside the current framework.
04:09The 1951 agreement on the defense of Greenland, as well as the NATO treaty.
04:15For us, ideas that would not respect territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark and the right
04:23of self-determination of the Greenland people are, of course, totally unacceptable.
04:29And we, therefore, still have a fundamental disagreement, but we also agreed to disagree.
04:36And therefore, we will, however, continue to talk.
04:40We have decided to form a high-level working group to explore if we can find a common way forward.
04:47The group, in our view, should focus on how to address the American security concerns,
04:53while at the same time respecting the red lines of the Kingdom of Denmark.
04:58We expect that such a group will meet for a first time within a matter of weeks.
05:05And then I will pass the floor to my colleague from Greenland, Vivian Mosbert.
05:09Thank you so much.
05:11Not repeating what's already been said here, so I would like to say something in my own language,
05:18because there are many, many people in Greenland that follow.
05:23And for that, I hope that you will allow me.
05:27So, it's all that I will show you is not sure, but at the same time, there will be many different things that we could do.
05:45So, as soon as you come to the government, there will be many different things.
05:53I think that our meeting today and our commitment to find the right path is something that gives us to be able to see forward.
06:13And by saying that, I also committed on what Foreign Minister Lars Lüge Rasmussen already said.
06:23So thank you for that.
06:25Thank you. And then I think we can take a few questions. Tom from BBC.
06:28Yes.
06:43And you mentioned the dog slaves. In terms of what you've announced, in terms of beefing up security in the Arctic around Britain, when you hear that kind of language the President started about to dog slaves, how does that make you feel?
06:59Well, that's actually quite a few questions at the same time.
07:05Well, I have known the President for quite a while, also in my former capacity as Prime Minister in Denmark.
07:12And I know his approach. But I must say, and even though he addressed things quite differently from what I would have done myself, there's also always a bit of truth in what he's saying, not about the dog slaves.
07:29Well, we also have dog slaves to our special forces. That's the way to, you know, otherwise you couldn't you couldn't come around in the northern part of Greenland.
07:37But I must say that, of course, we share to some extent his concerns.
07:43There is definitely a new security situation in the Arctic and the high north.
07:48All of us, transatlantic, took the peace dividend years ago.
07:54And we have the vision of keeping Arctic as a low-tension region.
07:59That's probably also why the U.S. themselves have decided to have a much softer footprint in Greenland.
08:11During the Cold War, at some stage, they had 17 different military installations and military bases.
08:18Now they only have one. They had like 10,000 personnel in Greenland.
08:21Now they have around 200. That's not our decision. That's a U.S. decision.
08:26And now the situation is entirely different.
08:29And of course, we have to we have to we have to respond to this.
08:33The big difference is whether that must lead to a situation where where U.S. acquire Greenland.
08:41And that is absolutely not necessary. I mean, we have the long-lasting diplomatic relation,
08:48the longest-lasting diplomatic relation with U.S. that any U.S. ally has, 225 years in a row.
08:58And we have a perfect framework which could be used.
09:03And therefore, to answer your question, even though we wasn't so successful that we that we that we that we reached,
09:19you know, a conclusion where our American colleagues said, oh, sorry, it was totally misunderstanding.
09:24We gave up on our ambitions. There's clearly a disagreement.
09:28We agreed that it makes sense to try to sit down on a high level to explore whether there is possibilities
09:38to accommodate the concerns of the president while we at the same time respect the red lines of the Kingdom of Denmark.
09:47So this is the work we will start. Whether that is doable, I don't know.
09:53So I hope, and I would like to express that, that it could take, you know, down the temperature.
10:01We have now had like 13 months with this ongoing discussions in social media.
10:07And this is actually the very first time where we could sit down at a top political level to discuss it.
10:14And it was a great opportunity also for Vivian and I to go up against the narrative because it is not a true narrative
10:24that we have, you know, Chinese warships all around the place.
10:28According to our intelligence, we haven't had a Chinese warship in Greenland for a decade or so.
10:38So from that perspective, it was a very constructive meeting, as I said, a frank discussion among equal partners.
10:47And now at least we have to give it a try.
10:49Do you want to add anything?
10:51No, I think it's very important to say it again that how important it is from our side to strengthen our cooperation with the United States.
11:04But that doesn't mean that we want to be owned by the United States.
11:10But as allies, how we can strengthen our cooperation, it's all our interest.
11:15Yes.
11:17Keep it.
11:19Yeah, thank you very much.
11:20Of course, I would like to ask this question in Danish, but let me do it in English here because of our colleagues here.
11:27Do you see any compromise ahead of you?
11:31You said a little bit.
11:32Could you elaborate a little on the possible compromise that there would be between the president's wish to acquire Greenland
11:39or have control of Greenland and the red lines that the Kingdom of Denmark has got right now?
11:46And if you also can tell us just a little bit about the approach that the Americans had to this meeting,
11:54what was their primary goal, as you see it?
11:58Was that to reach that end goal?
12:01Or was it an open discussion of how do we solve the security situation in the Arctic?
12:05Well, first of all, I don't think this is the proper place to elaborate on what could be a compromise.
12:11The whole idea and the reason why we asked for this meeting was to turn public debate in a very black and white kind of setting
12:24into a discussion where there's room for nuances.
12:27And therefore, I'm pleased even though we do not agree whether this is doable while we at the same time should respect the Kingdom's red lines,
12:39at least it is productive to start discussions at a high level.
12:46And then we have to see whether we will be successful or not.
12:50I would say, and that is probably in comparison to some of the public debate,
12:55that the meeting took place in a very constructive atmosphere
13:00where we also had, as I said, the opportunity to at least challenge the narrative presented by the American president.
13:11And I think that is a necessity if we want to have a proper debate.
13:20It was basically about security.
13:23I mean, and as I said, even though there's not an instant threat from China and Russia,
13:31at least not a threat we can't accommodate.
13:33For instance, Chinese investments, we have avoided that due to close cooperation between Greenland and Denmark.
13:42When you saw, like 10 years ago, the Belt and Road Initiative and the idea of Chinese investments in infrastructure in Greenland,
13:49we avoided that.
13:50So there's no, you know, Chinese present in Greenland.
13:54But there's a concern.
13:56Would that be the case in, like, 10 or 20 years from now?
14:00It will not, because our Greenlandic friends have introduced investment screening schemes, etc.
14:07And Denmark, you know, is by all means on the right side of history.
14:16And therefore, we will also continue to do what we already have done.
14:21We have been stepping up.
14:22We have allocated almost 15 billion U.S. dollars within just the last couple of years to capabilities in the high north.
14:32We have been pushing among the Arctic NATO states for a bigger NATO engagement.
14:40Honestly speaking, and now I can only point fingers at the former American administration,
14:47U.S. has historically been a bit reluctant.
14:50Hopefully that will change now.
14:52There's a dialogue within the NATO framework, and we want to step up.
14:58And hopefully that could also accommodate some of the president's concern.
15:02But it's not that I'm now, you know, saying everything is solved.
15:06It's not solved.
15:07We didn't manage, but honestly speaking, I didn't believe that that was doable.
15:13We didn't manage to change the American position.
15:18It's clear that the president has this wish of conquering over Greenland.
15:25We made it very, very clear that this is not in the interest of the kingdom.
15:29There's a government in Greenland with support from three-quarters of the Greenlandic population.
15:34The premier made it very, very clear yesterday that Greenland, for the time being,
15:40and for a foreseeable future, will remain within the kingdom of Denmark.
15:45And therefore, this is a common position that we want to work with our American friends and allies,
15:53but it must be a respectful cooperation, and it must respect the red lines.
15:57Should we take a very final question, and then, yeah, yeah, come on.
16:03There's a fight going on now about, yeah, okay, yes.
16:09We can do that afterwards.
16:10So, both of you, so you say you have had a constructive meeting.
16:15You said in Greenland, I could hear the translation, it was a good meeting.
16:19But how do you feel about going out of that room, without the French people, off the table?
16:24So we still have the American administration that wants to have Greenland be part of the United States.
16:32And you say, Lars Löwe Rasmussen, that, well, we hope that we can find a way.
16:37But how do you actually feel?
16:39I mean, it can't be very sort of secure in this way.
16:43Vivian?
16:44I think that it's never been so important to initiate that we are allies.
16:51We are friends.
16:53We have been cooperated in many, many years.
16:56We have history together.
16:58So it's all our interest to find the right balances.
17:02So I don't think I can say it longer than that.
17:06Of course, we have work to do in the future.
17:12And for us, the most important is that you find the normalized relationship we used to have.
17:23And it's very important.
17:24And I think that we have initiated so many times where we stand and our geopolitics and location and everything that is very important.
17:35And we do it as an ally.
17:39And we do it, of course, it's also our interest that Greenland's positions and how we do it, that you do it on behalf of the allies.
17:54And, yes.
17:57That would be the final question.
18:01That would be the final question.
18:02I think that what we have been saying, that the meeting is...
18:32We have been on a respect way.
18:37And we have shown where our limits are.
18:44And from there, I think that it would be very good to look forward.
18:48And this high-level group that is going to work together, as I'm already saying, that it's all our interest to find the right path.
19:04It's all according to the security in Northern Hemisphere.
19:11So, I don't want to say more than what we discussed in the closed meeting room.
19:19But I would like to have this, how do you say it in English, hope for a more mutual understanding and trying to find the right balances is equally from all countries.
19:39It is, of course, very emotional for all of us, and, of course, particularly for people living up in Greenland, but also for people in Denmark.
19:52We have 17,000 Greenlandic people living in Denmark.
19:58It sums up to, like, one-third of the Greenlandic population.
20:02We have a lot of Danes living in Greenland, more than one out of ten, which just emphasize that Denmark and Greenland are, you know, integrated.
20:12And it has been that for centuries.
20:15And we look at ourselves as U.S. closest allies.
20:20You know, I've had this discussion with the president previously.
20:24You know, in Afghanistan, we had exactly as many casualties as U.S.
20:29And I know very well that, you know, the future is not necessarily about the past.
20:35But I think it is important also to have the past in mind.
20:40And we are eager to fulfill our promises.
20:46And even though our view on the situation right now around Greenland differs from public statements in the U.S., we share the concerns in a long-time perspective.
20:58And we want to work closely with the U.S.
21:01But it must, of course, be a respectful kind of cooperation.
21:04And we both took the opportunity, of course, also to express that it is not easy to think innovative about solutions when you wake up every morning to different threats.
21:17Whether that will have an impact, I can't say for sure.
21:21But I can only say that it is in everybody's interest, even though we disagree, that we agree to try to explore whether it is doable to accommodate some of the concerns,
21:34while at the same time respecting the integrity of the Danish kingdom's territory and the self-determination of the Greenland people.
21:45How concerned are you that Trump will try to take Greenland by force?
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