Negotiators have discussed proposals to check Russian and Chinese influence in the Arctic and transfer sovereignty over pockets of Greenlandic land to the United States, an idea opposed by Denmark.
Icebergs in Scoresby Sound in Greenland. In a speech at Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, President Trump ruled out using military force to take the island.
President Trump’s announcement appeared to draw the United States back from the possibility of military and economic conflict with American allies over Greenland.
Hours after his address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, President Trump said he had reached a framework agreement with the leader of NATO over the future of Greenland.