US Envoy Meets Greenland Officials Amid Trump's Interest in The Island

The new U.S. ambassador to Denmark, PayPal co-founder Kenneth Howery, will meet officials from Greenland and Denmark in Nuuk this week on his first visit to the Arctic island, amid tensions over President Donald Trump's interest in acquiring the semi-autonomous territory, according to Reuters.

Relations between Denmark and its longtime ally, the United States, have been strained since Trump revived talk of wresting Greenland away from Denmark.

"Excited to be in Greenland for the annual Joint Committee meeting between the U.S. and Greenland with Denmark," the U.S. embassy said Monday on Instagram, posting a photo of Howery with Greenland's Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt.

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