US, Denmark, Greenland to Form Working Group to Find Agreement on Island’s Future

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland in Washington on Jan. 14.

Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen and Greenland's Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt speak at a press conference at Denmark's embassy in Washington on Jan. 14, 2026. Emel Akan/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Following a White House meeting on Jan. 14, the foreign minister of Denmark and its semi-autonomous territory of Greenland said they had agreed to form a high-level working group with the United States to help steer Greenland’s future.

At present, Greenland is a territory of Denmark and is covered under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance. President Donald Trump, however, has repeatedly expressed interest in acquiring Greenland or otherwise asserting control over the island territory.