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Denmark's foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen (M), and Greenland's minister for foreign affairs, Vivian Motzfeldt, meet with U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House in Washington D.C., USA, on Wednesday, January 14, 2026. The meeting takes place after U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly expressed that the United States wants "ownership" of Greenland. Foto: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix
Denmark's foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen (M), and Greenland's minister for foreign affairs, Vivian Motzfeldt, meet with U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House in Washington D.C., USA, on Wednesday, January 14, 2026. The meeting takes place after U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly expressed that the United States wants "ownership" of Greenland. Foto: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix
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We come together, we stay together, and we leave together. That’s how the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen put it at a press conference she held Tuesday with Greenland’s Prime Minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen.Oversættelsesdisclaimer

It was true that the Danish delegation arrived together for the meeting in Washington. Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt took the short drive from the Danish Embassy in Washington to the meeting at the White House in the heart of the densely trafficked capital.

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