US announces millions in aid for resource-rich Greenland
The US has announced a $12.1m (£10m) aid package for mineral-rich Greenland - a move welcomed by the Danish territory's government.
This year the US will also open a consulate in the vast Arctic territory, whose population is just 56,000.
Last August President Donald Trump expressed an interest in buying Greenland - an idea dismissed by Denmark as "absurd".
The US is competing with Russia and China for Arctic resources.
Greenland is an autonomous Danish territory heavily reliant on fishing and Danish government subsidies. Most of its people are ethnic Inuit.
But Greenland is gaining strategic importance due to thawing Arctic ice opening up new sea routes and mineral deposits. The US has an important military base there, at Thule, crucial for missile early warning and space surveillance.
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