NUUK: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen arrived in Nuuk on Friday for talks with her Greenlandic counterpart after a turbulent week that saw US President Donald Trump back down from threats to seize the Arctic island and agree to negotiations.

Denmark has resisted Trump’s demands to take control of Greenland over allegations that China and Russia are trying to gain a foothold in the strategic region, with Copenhagen vowing to beef up its own military presence on the island.

Frederiksen’s visit comes after two fraught weeks for Denmark and Greenland, standing up to Trump until Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte reached a purported deal with him on Wednesday that saw the US leader withdraw his threats of military action on Greenland and tariffs against its European allies.

Trump and Rutte agreed on what the US leader called a “framework”, the details of which have not been disclosed.

Trump said only that the United States “gets everything we wanted” in the plan, which would be in force “forever”.

Published in Dawn, January 24th, 2026