US Secretary of State Blinken to Visit Iceland Amid Arctic Interests

America. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting Iceland on Monday as US security and economic interests grow in the Arctic region. The US State Department has stated that discussions will be held on economic and security cooperation during the visit, which comes two weeks after a security agreement was reached between the US, Denmark, and Greenland in Greenland.

Under the agreement, the US plans to establish two new military bases in Greenland. Earlier, President Donald Trump had threatened to buy or annex Greenland. The US is seeking to strengthen its presence in the Arctic amid growing interests from Russia and China.