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January 14, 2026diplomaticdiplomacyNATOArctic sovereignty

Danish and Greenlandic Officials Meet Rubio and Vance, Assert Sovereignty

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Greenlandic Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance at the White House. Both officials left saying Trump was "set on" acquiring Greenland by any means. Rasmussen told reporters Denmark had no intention of transferring sovereignty over Greenland and that Greenland's future was for Greenlanders to decide.