Mark Rutte’s comments to Reuters come as European allies scramble to respond to Donald Trump’s about-face on US tariffs, Greenland threats.

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A new framework agreed with United States President Donald Trump amid his push to acquire Greenland will demand NATO countries ramp up Arctic security swiftly, the organisation’s Secretary-General Mark Rutte has told the Reuters news agency.

The NATO chief made the comments at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday, as Washington’s traditional European allies scrambled to respond to Trump’s sudden about-face on his threats to acquire the strategic Arctic island, a semi-autonomous territory of NATO member Denmark.