Greenland foreign minister says dialogue with US to resolve situation is ongoing

By Reuters
September 2, 2026

Greenland’s Finance Minister Mute Bourup Egede speaks at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit held at the Playhouse in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 13, 2025. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS/File Photo

Greenland‘s Foreign Minister Mute Egede said on Wednesday that negotiations with the United States over the Arctic island’s future were ongoing, but declined to give details of the talks.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertions that the U.S. must acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, sparked tensions between Washington and Copenhagen, both founding NATO members, and more broadly across Europe, although the issue has since moved to a diplomatic track.

“The officials are working hard to resolve the situation. Unfortunately, I cannot share the details of those talks, but what I can tell you is that our dialogue is ongoing,” Egede said during a debate in the European Parliament.

(Reporting by Stine Jacobsen, editing by Terje Solsvik and Louise Rasmussen)