Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen agreed with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to discuss the issue of Greenland at a later time. This was the result of their 20-minute conversation, The Guardian reports.

Denmark agreed on Friday to discuss the Arctic region with Washington, Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said, after his first phone call with the secretary of state from the administration of President Donald Trump,

Trump has expressed interest in making Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, part of the United States. He has not ruled out using military or economic measures to persuade Denmark to hand it over.

Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday, and the two agreed that the topic of Greenland will be discussed at a later time, the Danish foreign ministry said in a statement.