Vice-president expresses interest in Arctic security as four Greelandic parties form unity coalition in rebuke to US

The White House accused Denmark of neglect as JD Vance landed in Greenland for an unsolicited and controversial visit to the Arctic island.

Shortly after flying into the ice-locked US military base of Pituffik in north-west Greenland with his wife, Usha, and other senior US officials, on Friday he told US troops that he is “really interested in Arctic security”.

“As you all know, it’s a big issue and it’s only going to get bigger over the coming decades,” he said.