US Vice-President JD Vance on Friday urged European leaders to take the United States seriously on Greenland, describing the island as critical to global security, news agency IANS reported. He warned that the US would act if allies failed to address what he described as growing interest from “hostile adversaries”.

Asked about the ongoing pushback to the idea that Greenland “could be for sale,” Vance said the administration would continue to address the matter through diplomacy.