American senator to visit Nuuk for bileratel talks on Greenland

By Burak Bir

LONDON (AA) - A Republican senator will visit Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, later this week to have talks on the Arctic island's point of view, according to a Greenlandic lawmaker on Tuesday.

Lisa Murkowski will visit Greenland on Friday, Aaja Chemnitz, a Greenlandic member of the Danish parliament, told Danish TV2.

"The plan is that she will go to Nuuk to visit a number of influential people over the weekend to gain an understanding of the Greenlandic points of view," she noted.

The meeting came ahead of the upcoming negotiations in the working group that will negotiate a future agreement between Greenland, Denmark and the US.

Lingering tensions over Greenland continue following US President Donald Trump's controversial bid to acquire the Danish territory.

However, Trump softened his tone on acquiring the Danish territory last week after meeting NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Davos, Switzerland.

He announced that they discussed a framework deal on Greenland that would address his security concerns and counter Russian and Chinese influence.