NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen reached an agreement on Tuesday, January 28, to enhance defense measures in the Arctic region.
According to a source familiar with the negotiations, cited by Reuters, the parties emphasized that “all Alliance members must contribute” to Arctic defense efforts. The closed-door talks took place at NATO headquarters, after which Rutte and Frederiksen refrained from making statements to the press.
Frederiksen’s visit coincided with rising tensions around Greenland, an autonomous region of Denmark, which had previously drawn the attention of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
Earlier, reports surfaced about a tense conversation between Trump and Frederiksen, during which she firmly stated that Greenland is not for sale. According to the Financial Times, Denmark’s authorities proposed a strategy to NATO and the EU for addressing Trump’s remarks on Greenland, aiming to avoid a public confrontation with the U.S.
