"The mission has been described as a recognition-of-the-territory exercise with troops to plant the European Union's flag on Greenland as a symbolic act. The first French military elements are already en route and others will follow, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday as French authorities said soldiers from the country's mountain infantry unit were already in Nuuk, Greenland's capital."
"France said the two-day mission is a way to show that EU troops can be quickly deployed if needed. Meanwhile, Germany's Ministry of Defence said it was deploying a reconnaissance team of 13 personnel to Greenland on Thursday. Denmark announced its plans to increase its own military presence in Greenland on Wednesday as the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers met with White House representatives in Washington, DC, to discuss Trump's intentions to take over the semiautonomous Danish territory to tap its mineral resources."
"But the two foreign ministers emerged from the meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance having made little progress in dissuading Washington from seeking to take over Greenland. We didn't manage to change the American position, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told reporters. It's clear that the president has this wish of conquering over Greenland. His Greenlandic counterpart, Vivian Motzfeldt, called for cooperation with"
Soldiers from France, Germany, Norway and Sweden have begun arriving in Greenland to bolster security on the Arctic island. France deployed 15 troops and Germany sent 13 as part of a multi-country mission. The operation has been described as a recognition-of-territory exercise with troops preparing to plant the European Union's flag in Greenland as a symbolic act. French mountain infantry units reached Nuuk while France framed the two-day mission as proof that EU forces can deploy rapidly. Germany dispatched a 13-person reconnaissance team. Denmark announced plans to increase its military presence amid US interest in acquiring Greenland for mineral resources.
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