Rubio says will meet with Denmark next week amid tensions over Greenland

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said that he would meet with Denmark next week, as U.S. President Donald Trump has repeated in recent days that he wants to gain control of Greenland.

"If the president identifies a threat to the national security of the United States, every President retains the option to address it through military means. As a diplomat, which is what I am now, and what we work on, we always prefer to settle it in different ways - that included in Venezuela," Rubio told reporters when asked if the U.S. was willing to potentially risk the NATO alliance by moving ahead with a military option.