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Pompeo Praises Denmark After Trump Cancels State Visit

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   VOA White House Bureau Chief Steve Herman contributed to this report.

   U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed his appreciation to
   Denmark as a U.S. ally, after President Donald Trump canceled a state
   visit to the country.

   The State Department said Pompeo spoke to his Danish counterpart by
   phone Wednesday and discussed "strengthening cooperation with the
   Kingdom of Denmark - including Greenland - in the Arctic."

   Trump earlier this week cancelled a planned visit to Denmark after his
   suggestion that the Danes sell Greenland to the U.S. was rejected.

   Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Wednesday she regretted
   and was surprised Trump abruptly canceled his scheduled visit to
   Denmark for rebuffing his overture to buy Greenland, the strategic
   Arctic country with mineral wealth that is part of the Danish kingdom.

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