Greenland’s freshly elected prime minister begins his first official visit to Denmark on Sunday as US President Donald Trump eyes the Danish autonomous territory.
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Jens-Frederik Nielsen leads Greenland’s new coalition government, after his centre-right Democrats party won a legislative election in March. It will be his first visit to Denmark since taking office.
It also follows a visit to the Arctic territory by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in early April, when she told the United States “you cannot annex another country”.
“First and foremost, I will resume discussions with the Prime Minister about the geopolitical situation and cooperation,” Nielsen said in a statement this week, referring to Frederiksen.
“It is important that we make plans for our future cooperation in these times,” he added.
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Tensions between the United States and Denmark have soared after Trump repeatedly said he wanted to take control of the resource-rich Arctic island.