The US is still muscling in on Greenland, posing questions if undefended Iceland could be next, or if Russia has designs on demilitarised Svalbard and the Åland Islands.
US president Donald Trump’s special envoy on Greenland, senator Jeff Landry, came for a four-day trip to Nuuk this week, signalling a renewal of White House interest in the Danish island.
Landry met Greenland’s prime minister on Monday and was attending the Future Greenland business forum on Tuesday (19 May) and Wednesday.
The American delegation included his wife, a doctor called Joseph Griffin, five US diplomats, and seven executives from construction firm UIC, the Greenland Energy Company, and Pt Capital.
The Future Greenland forum also hosted EU commissioner Jozef Síkela and nine EU officials, as well as British, Canadian, Danish, French, German, Icelandic, and Latvian diplomats.
