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'Frank and constructive discussion' on Greenland's future

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Nicole Frölich
January 14, 2026

Denmark's and Greenland's foreign ministers have held talks with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen spoke afterwards of a "fundamental disagreement."

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