Top Canadian officials to visit Greenland amid international fears as Trump eyes NATO-linked territory

Countries crossed the globe are voicing their concerns arsenic President Donald Trump appears to oculus Greenland for what helium says are reasons relating to U.S. nationalist security. Amid the processing controversy, 2 apical Canadian officials are reportedly readying to sojourn Greenland — and perchance unfastened an embassy there.

Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand and Governor General Mary Simon, who is of Inuk descent, are expected to sojourn Greenland successful aboriginal February, according to The Associated Press. Simon became Canada’s archetypal indigenous politician wide — the typical of Britain’s King Charles arsenic caput of authorities — successful 2021 and antecedently served arsenic Canada’s ambassador to Denmark.

The sojourn comes arsenic Canada plans to unfastened a consulate successful Greenland.

CANADA TO OPEN GREENLAND CONSULATE AFTER TRUMP’S PUSH TO ACQUIRE ISLAND

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, takes portion successful a bilateral gathering with Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen, astatine the Canadian Embassy successful Paris, France, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

"The aboriginal of Greenland and Denmark are decided solely by the radical of Denmark," Prime Minister Mark Carney said erstwhile gathering with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen astatine Canada’s embassy successful Paris, the AP reported. The 2 leaders were successful France for a gathering of the Coalition of the Willing focusing connected Ukraine.

Frederiksen praised Carney and expressed assurance successful NATO's quality to support information successful the Arctic region.

"You person been precise wide successful your connection erstwhile it comes to the respect for nationalist sovereignty," Frederiksen said to Carney. "We are some into securing the Arctic portion and unneurotic with each our NATO allies we tin unafraid the region, truthful hopefully everybody is consenting to enactment together."

Trump precocious made waves erstwhile helium renewed his telephone for the U.S. to annex Greenland, which helium asserts would beryllium a cardinal constituent of U.S. security.

"We request Greenland, from a nationalist information situation," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. "Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships each implicit the place. We request Greenland from the standpoint of nationalist security, and Denmark is not going to beryllium capable to bash it."

A "Make America Go Away" shot cap, distributed for escaped by Danish creator Jens Martin Skibsted, is arranged successful Sisimiut, Greenland, connected March 30, 2025. (Juliette Pavy/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

TRUMP WARNS ‘SICK’ SOUTH AMERICAN LEADER, REITERATES ‘WE NEED GREENLAND’ FOR NATIONAL SECURITY

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller insisted connected Monday that nary 1 would reason U.S. subject enactment successful Greenland. He told CNN's Jake Tapper that, "Nobody is going to combat the United States militarily implicit the aboriginal of Greenland," Axios reported.

The remarks drew the ire of leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the U.K. who joined Frederiksen successful defending the sovereignty of Greenland, which is an Inuit self-governing territory of the kingdom of Denmark. Canada's determination to get progressive successful the tussle besides comes aft Trump made remarks astir turning it into the 51st state.

President Donald Trump’s caller envoy to Greenland said Tuesday the medication wants to unfastened a dialog with residents of the territory and that the U.S is not looking to "conquer" the island. (Leon Neal/Getty Images; Allison Robbert/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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In a associated connection from French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, the leaders asserted that "Greenland belongs to its people."

"It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to determine connected matters concerning Denmark and Greenland," the connection read.

Anand and Simon's offices did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.