U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reaffirmed the "strong relationship" between the U.S. and Denmark in a meeting with Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen in Brussels on Thursday, the State Department said, APA reports citing Reuters.
The meeting followed months of tension between Washington and Copenhagen over U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated declarations that Greenland- a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark - should become part of the United States.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance visited a U.S. military base in northern Greenland last Friday and accused Denmark of not doing a good job of keeping the Arctic island safe. He suggested the U.S. would better protect the strategically-located territory.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who has said it is up to the people of Greenland to decide their own future, called Vance's description of Denmark "not fair".
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