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UK and Denmark to discuss Arctic security at defence talks

ReutersJan 21, 2026 12:01 AM

- Britain and Denmark will hold defence talks on Wednesday focusing on security in the Arctic region, the British government said, at a time when U.S. President Donald Trump's designs on Greenland threaten to upend historic alliances.

Here are some details:

• British defence minister John Healey will be in Copenhagen on Wednesday, his ministry said

• He will discuss how European nations can step up security in the "high north", a term used to refer to the European Arctic which includes the island of Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark

• The UK and Denmark want to protect critical national infrastructure in the Baltic and high north

• They will discuss a planned exercise later this year by the Joint Expeditionary Force, a UK-led northern European rapid response military partnership

• Support for Ukraine against Russia's invasion, as well as counter-drone cooperation, will also be on the agenda

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