Denmark to summon US diplomat over report on intelligence gathering in Greenland

Danish foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said ‘we don’t spy between friends’ (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

Denmark has said it will summon the top US diplomat in the country for an explanation following a Wall Street Journal report about the United States stepping up intelligence gathering on Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory coveted by President Donald Trump.

Danish foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told broadcaster DR outside a meeting with colleagues in Poland that Denmark would summon the US charge d’affaires to seek a “rebuttal” or other explanation following the report.