Vance lands in Greenland, says US to expand focus on Arctic security for 'decades'


A view of houses in Nuuk, Greenland, March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

NUUK, Greenland (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on arrival in Greenland on Friday that U.S. interest in Arctic security would grow for decades, suggesting no let-up in President Donald Trump's push for American control of the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

The visit to the U.S. military base at Pituffik in the north of the Arctic island comes just hours after a new broad government coalition, which aims to keep ties with Denmark for now, was presented in the capital Nuuk.

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