The duo met for half an hour on Thursday afternoon in connection with NATO's ongoing foreign minister meeting.
From the USA, a spokesperson announces that Rubio "confirmed the strong relationship between the USA and Denmark".
"They discussed common priorities, including increasing NATO's defense spending and burden sharing and handling threats to the alliance, including from Russia and China", it is reported, among other things.
"Not sustainable"
What was said about Greenland is not reported by the USA. On the other hand, Danish Løkke is significantly more open at a press conference at the Danish NATO office.
Of course, I took the opportunity to strongly object to presidential statements about visions of acquiring Greenland. It has reached a level that I can only describe as an attack on Denmark's sovereignty. And I made that very clear, says Løkke to TT and other journalists at the press conference.
We can discuss everything with the Americans – but not our country's sovereignty and territorial integrity. That was listened to, and I think it was very important to get that said, says the foreign minister.
USA as disarmed
Løkke describes the conversation as important for "getting the stone out of the shoe", but does not want to say much about what Rubio responded with.
I am glad that he repeated what the vice president (JD Vance) said on Greenland (during the visit last week) that the USA will of course respect the right to self-determination, says Løkke.
On questions about the USA's complaints about how Denmark has handled Greenland's security, he emphasizes at the same time that it is the USA – not Denmark – that has disarmed on the island.
Once, the USA had 17 military bases and military installations on Greenland and thousands of soldiers. Now they only have one base and fewer than 200 soldiers. That is not Denmark's decision. That is the USA's, says the Danish foreign minister.
