The United States, Denmark and Greenland have decided to establish a “high-level working group to consider whether a common way forward can be found” as “fundamental differences” with the Trump administration persist. The future of the island It is an autonomous territory of Denmark, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lökke Rasmussen said on Wednesday.

Rasmussen said he and his Greenlandic colleagues had “candid and constructive discussions” with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President J.D. Vance earlier Wednesday, but that their “views continue to differ.”

“We agreed that it made sense to sit down and consider at a high level to explore whether there is a possibility of responding to the president’s concerns, while at the same time respecting the red lines of the Kingdom of Denmark. So this is the work we will begin,” he added.

Rasmussen said his discussions with Trump administration officials “focused on how to ensure the long-term security of Greenland.”

“I have to say that the president has made his views clear, but we have different positions,” he said, noting that Denmark continues to believe that long-term security “can be ensured within the current framework.”

“Any idea that does not respect the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark and the right to self-determination of the people of Greenland is, of course, completely unacceptable,” he said at a press conference in Washington, D.C.

“Therefore, we still have fundamental differences of opinion, but we also agree that we have different views, and therefore we will continue the dialogue,” he said.

Rasmussen said the working group is expected to meet for the first time “in the coming weeks.”