Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen arrived in Nuuk on Friday (January 23) ahead of her meeting with the Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen.

Frederiksen said on Friday she had agreed with NATO chief Mark Rutte that the alliance needs to boost security in the Arctic following weeks of turmoil over U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to annex Greenland.

The governments of Denmark and Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory, insist that sovereignty over the island is not up for discussion, but have said they are open to talks on a wide range of other topics.

Trump said on Thursday (January 22) he had secured total and permanent U.S. access to Greenland after talks with Rutte, while the NATO chief said allies would have to step up efforts to ward off threats from Russia and China in the high north.

Denmark's foreign minister said on Friday that diplomats from Denmark and the United States had met in Washington on Thursday, establishing a plan for how to proceed.

A source familiar with the matter said on Thursday that Rutte and Trump had agreed in Davos on further talks between the U.S., Denmark and Greenland on updating a 1951 agreement that governs U.S. military access and presence on the Arctic island.

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Danish PM Frederiksen arrives in Nuuk to meet Greenlandic PM Nielsen

VIDEO SHOWS: DANISH PRIME MINISTER METTE FREDERIKSEN ARRIVING IN GREENLAND, GENERAL VIEWS OF NUUK

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SHOWS: NUUK, GREENLAND (JANUARY 23, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. CONVOY OF CARS CARRYING DANISH PRIME MINISTER METTE FREDERIKSEN ARRIVING

2. FREDERIKSEN EXITING CAR, WAVING AND ENTERING BUILDING

3. VARIOUS GENERAL VIEWS OF NUUK