Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said talks are still ongoing after the United States, Greenland and Denmark agreed to negotiate a solution to US President Donald Trump’s demand for control over Greenland.
Denmark's acting Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks to members of the media after her visit to the King at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 23, 2026. (Photo: REUTERS/Ritzau Scanpix)
15 Sep 2026 01:41AM
ROVANIEMI: Denmark's prime minister said Monday (Sep 14) she was "optimistic" that discussions launched between Denmark, the United States and Greenland after the US threatened to take over the territory could resolve the dispute.US President Donald Trump insisted earlier this year that Washington needed to control Greenland - an autonomous Danish territory - for national security reasons, though he ultimately ruled out annexing it by force.A "high-level working group", gathering representatives from Denmark, the United States and Greenland was created in January to address US concerns, but since its creation little information about the negotiations has emerged."This working group is still working and therefore it's too early to draw any conclusions but I'm quite optimistic that we can find a way," Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said at a summit on Arctic security in northern Finland."As long as the working group is still working, there are no conclusions, but my hope is, of course, that we will find a way forward peacefully," Frederiksen told reporters in Rovaniemi.
