FILE PHOTO: A tourist boat passes chunks of ice in the fjord of Nuuk, Greenland, March 30, 2025. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger./File Photo
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Greenland appointed its first Arctic ambassador on Friday, pledging to promote sustainable economic development for indigenous people and advance green energy transitions for polar communities as it prepares to chair the Arctic Council.
The two-year chairmanship comes at a time when U.S. President Donald Trump is attempting to assert control over the semi-autonomous Danish island and when competition over the Arctic region is hotting up among world powers.
