The United States will open a consulate in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland this year, and provide $12.1 million in economic aid to the country in anticipation of expanding its presence in the Arctic area and also to protect its interests amid growing competition from Russia, and China.
“We ... are in the process of adjusting our Arctic policy to today’s new strategic realities,” a senior U.S. State Department official said at the briefing on April 23, “we can expect, ... the rapidly changing Arctic system to create greater incentives for the Kremlin and the PRC to pursue agendas that clash with the interests of the United States and our allies and partners.“
