NATO allies will collectively work to ensure Arctic security, NATO says

BRUSSELS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - NATO allies will work to collectively ensure Arctic security, a NATO spokesperson said on Wednesday.

"Discussions among NATO Allies on the framework the President referenced will focus on ensuring Arctic security through the collective efforts of Allies, especially the seven Arctic Allies," the spokesperson said.

"Negotiations between Denmark, Greenland, and the United States will go forward aimed at ensuring that Russia and China never gain a foothold - economically or militarily - in Greenland."

After weeks of rhetoric that risked the deepest rupture in transatlantic relations in decades, U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly stepped back on Wednesday from threats to impose tariffs as leverage to seize Greenland, and said a deal was in sight to end the dispute.