“We are stepping up our efforts, and I know that the Americans are very happy about this,” she said in an interview with Berlingske.

She noted that the region is "increasingly important in terms of security policy."

In mid-August, US President Donald Trump said he was interested in buying the Danish-owned Greenland from a strategic point of view. This statement provoked a sharp reaction from the authorities of the island and Denmark. In Denmark and Greenland, this proposal provoked a negative reaction.

At the same time, the head of the representative office of Greenland in the European Union, Mininguaq Kleist, said that Nuuk was in favor of expanding cooperation with Washington.