A diplomatic conversation finally took place on Wednesday. The foreign ministers of Greenland and Denmark, Vivian Motzfeldt and Lars Løkke Rasmussen, and the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, met in Washington DC, with the US vice-president, JD Vance, as host. That’s the same JD Vance who tried to set up an official visit to Greenland with his wife in March last year, but was turned away by Kalaallit and ended up only visiting the US military base at Pituffik. The one who has been very vocal about his dissatisfaction with the EU and Denmark’s efforts in the Arctic. As you can imagine, this became the basis for a great deal of unease for Kalaallit, and everyone seemed to be holding their breath while waiting for some kind of clarity on what was in store for the future of Greenland as this historic meeting was happening.