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title: "Greenland foreign minister says dialogue with US to resolve situation is ongoing"
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# Greenland foreign minister says dialogue with US to resolve situation is ongoing

> Greenland's Foreign Minister Mute Egede said on Wednesday that negotiations with the United States over the Arctic island's future were ongoing, but declined to give details of the talks.

By Reuters · Published 2 September 2026, 15:34 SAST

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U.S. President Donald Trump's assertions that the U.S. must acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, sparked tensions between Washington and Copenhagen, both founding NATO members, and more broadly across Europe, although the issue has since moved to a diplomatic track.

"The officials are working hard to resolve the situation. Unfortunately, I cannot share the details of those talks, but what I can tell you is that our dialogue is ongoing," Egede said during a debate in the European Parliament.

(Reporting by Stine Jacobsen, editing by Terje Solsvik and Louise Rasmussen)