Talks focus on ensuring sovereignty and territorial integrity of Greenland won’t be compromisedListen to this articleDanish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen arrives at the airport in Nuuk, where she was greeted by Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, on Jan 23, 2026. Trump and Rutte agreed on what the US leader called a “framework”, the details of which have not been disclosed. A source familiar with the talks told AFP the US and Denmark would renegotiate a 1951 defence pact on Greenland. Rather there “was a framework for a future agreement”, whereby, “instead of those drastic ideas about needing to own Greenland … (Trump) now wishes to negotiate a solution”, Lokke said. The Danish leader later arrived in Greenland on a Danish government airplane.

Source: Bangkok Post January 23, 2026 15:26 UTC