Overview
- Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul met U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on January 12 to review ties and discuss progress in Ukraine peace talks.
- Berlin says the agenda includes building robust security guarantees for Kyiv and advancing a path toward a durable ceasefire following last week’s Coalition of the Willing discussions in Paris.
- Wadephul said NATO has begun developing concrete options for a larger Arctic posture, with Greenland included in alliance discussions to be coordinated with U.S. partners.
- He expressed optimism about reaching a U.S.–German compromise on Greenland, while Denmark’s Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s Vivian Motzfeldt plan talks on Wednesday.
- WION reports that Germany is willing to support a military mission as part of Ukraine’s security guarantees, and notes President Donald Trump’s comment that the U.S. should take Greenland to preempt Russia or China.