The U.S. will give a $12.1 million aid package to Greenland and open a consulate on the Arctic island, officials said Thursday.
The aid, intended to counter Russian and Chinese influence in the Arctic region, will focus on energy, tourism and education.
“We’ve developed, again, in consultation with the Kingdom of Denmark and the Government of Greenland, a $12.1 million funding package to sort of jumpstart this new beginning -- this rebirth, if you will -- of our engagement in Greenland,” a state official told Fox News Thursday.
Denmark approved the opening of a U.S. consulate in the Greenland capital of Nuuk in December 2019.
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WNU Editor: The opening of a consulate is what caught my eye. Who wants to be stationed there? Or more to the point. Who will be stationed there?
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