German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reiterated on Tuesday his commitment for Germany to get more involved in the security of Greenland within the framework of NATO, during a meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and with the Prime Minister of this Danish autonomous territory, Jens-Frederik Nielsen. Merz met with them on the sidelines of an economic forum in Berlin, a day after the chancellor and her Danish counterpart participated in a North Sea countries summit in the German city of Hamburg, where the crisis unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump's aspirations to annex Greenland was already addressed. In the meeting that took place on Tuesday, the three leaders again discussed the situation in the Arctic island, according to a spokesman for the German Executive. to address Washington's concerns about the security of the Arctic territory. German Chancellor reaffirms commitment to get involved in Greenland's security. Merz again assured Denmark and Greenland that they can count on Germany's solidarity. He reiterated that Germany, as a European NATO ally, will also do more for the security of the High North within NATO, the spokesman added, highlighting that this constitutes a 'common transatlantic interest'. According to a statement from Frederiksen's office, she is in Berlin with Nielsen to address 'the current foreign policy situation' as well as 'the need for a strong Europe'. It is planned that on Wednesday the two will travel to Paris, where they will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron, in addition to participating in an event at Sciences Po. Donald Trump announced last week that he had reached a preliminary agreement with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the future of Greenland, under which he would give up annexing the island, although few details about the content of the pact have emerged. Meanwhile, Frederiksen insisted on Monday that her strategy is twofold: on the one hand, to achieve the establishment of a permanent NATO mission in Greenland, in the style of the Baltic countries, and on the other hand to maintain a bilateral dialogue with the U.S.
