The Danish Prime Minister Made A Statement On The NATO-US Agreement On Greenland

• 22.01.2026, 12:37

Mette Frederiksen drew attention to the key question.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has backed the agreement reached during talks between US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary Mark Rutte relating to cooperation in Greenland.

This was reported by The Guardian.

Frederiksen noted that it was "good and natural" that the issue of Arctic security was discussed between the U.S. president and the NATO secretary general. She also added that she spoke with Rutte before and after his meeting with Trump.

"NATO is fully aware of Denmark's position that you can discuss anything political, including security, investment and economic issues, but you cannot discuss our sovereignty," Frederiksen added.

She also drew attention to a key issue - NATO cannot make decisions about the sovereignty of Denmark and Greenland.

NATO Secretary Mark Rutte also emphasized that he had a very good discussion with Donald Trump yesterday on how to protect the Arctic region from Russia and China.

He added that the question is how Arctic countries such as Canada, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway can collectively cooperate with the US to secure the Arctic to keep the Russians and the Chinese out.

"It is important to make sure that the Chinese and the Russians do not get access to the Greenland economy," Rutte added.