European military personnel have begun arriving in Greenland, hours after a meeting between US, Danish and Greenlandic officials in Washington failed to resolve what the Danish foreign minister called "fundamental disagreements" over the mineral-rich Arctic island.
France, Sweden, Germany and Norway announced they will send military personnel as part of a reconnaissance mission to Greenland's capital, Nuuk.
Germany's Defense Ministry said the reconnaissance mission to Greenland by several European NATO members aims to "examine options for securing the country in light of Russian and Chinese threats in the Arctic."
A reconnaissance team of 13 Bundeswehr troops will be deployed to Nuuk at the invitation of Denmark, according to the ministry.
French President Emmanuel Macron said France will soon send more "land, air and naval" forces to join military exercises in Greenland.
Meanwhile, the Netherlands and Estonia announced they would join the exercise, which Dutch Foreign Minister Ruben Brekelmans described as a signal that security issues in Greenland and the region are "of strategic importance to all NATO allies."
Estonia was also "ready to send soldiers on the ground if requested."
The deployment was announced the same day that the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland met with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington. /Telegraph/
