Lithuania president says joint security deal could end Greenland row


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  • Wednesday, 21 Jan 2026

Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda arrives at a European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium, December 18, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 20 (Reuters) - ‌An agreement on sharing responsibility for the security of the Arctic and the North Atlantic ‌could provide a way out of the stand-off between the United States and Europe ‌over Greenland, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Tuesday.

Nauseda told Reuters an interview on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting that the Greenland row was overshadowing the war in Ukraine and playing into Russia's hands, and urged Washington to ‍de-escalate tensions.

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