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What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received about the US trying to acquire Greenland?

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received about the US trying to acquire Greenland?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade provided media points to my Office on 18 January 2026, following the Truth social media post on Greenland by United States President Donald Trump on 17 January 2026. In my capacity as Minister of Foreign Affairs, I received the below briefings from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade: - Phone Call with European Union: Kaja KALLAS, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - dated 19 January 2026. - A submission on United States Pressure on Denmark and Greenland - dated 21 January 2026.