This week, the heads of government from the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Denmark gathered for their biannual meeting in the Faroese capital of Tórshavn.
A meeting has also taken place in the Faroese-Greenlandic-Danish committee for foreign, security, and defense policy, including relevant ministers.
Security in the North Atlantic and the Arctic has been a central part of the agenda.
“The world is not only more turbulent, it has also become more dangerous. This is reflected in the pressure against Greenland, which can be felt in the entire Danish realm. Therefore, the Chief of Defense has participated in our meeting for the first time,” said Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen (S) at a joint press conference on Tuesday afternoon.
Frederiksen specifically talked about an “unreasonable American pressure”: the US President Donald Trump’s repeated demands for control over Greenland, while referring to threats from Russia and China.
“The Chief of Defense would not be part of our discussions under more normal circumstances. The question then arises: Will normalcy return? I personally do not think so. Thus, my most important message today is that we must stick together as good NATO allies in Europe, in the Nordic region, and the Danish Realm – and that Denmark has a great will to invest in all parts of the Realm ,” she states.