US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said he plans to meet with Danish officials next week to discuss Greenland, as a crisis escalates within NATO over President Donald Trump's threats to seize the Arctic territory.
An urgent meeting had been requested by the foreign ministers of Greenland and Denmark, which has said any invasion or takeover of the territory by its NATO ally would mark the end of the Western military alliance and "post-World War II security".
Speaking to reporters in Washington, Rubio did not directly answer a question about whether the Trump administration was willing to risk the alliance by potentially moving forward with a military option to gain control of Greenland.
"I'm not here to talk about Denmark or military intervention, I'll meet with them next week. We'll have those conversations with them then, but I have nothing else to add on that," he said.
France has said it is working with allies on how to respond if the US invades Greenland.
"We want to act, but we want to do it together with European allies," Foreign Minister Jena Noel Barrot emphasized.
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The White House has said that Trump prefers diplomacy, but that he does not rule out military action.
"This is something that is being actively discussed by the president and the national security team," spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said.
