White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday that the troop activity in Greenland has no impact on US President Donald Trump's desire to acquire the Danish territory, CNN reports.

The statement came after US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and his Greenlandic colleague Vivian Motzfeldt in Washington, D.C. Levitt described the meeting as productive.

The two delegations agreed to establish a task force to continue technical negotiations on the acquisition of Greenland, Levitt said, adding that the talks would take place every two to three weeks.

Also, the White House press secretary made it clear that the US president considers the acquisition of Greenland a national security priority for his country.

He wants the United States to acquire Greenland and believes it is in our national security interests to do so, Levitt said.

Denmark, which is responsible for the defense of Greenland, has warned that an attack on the territory would likely spell the end of NATO. The Danish government announced Wednesday that it is expanding its military presence in Greenland, in coordination with NATO allies.

Germany, Sweden, France, Norway, and Finland confirmed that they will send troops to Greenland this week to participate in joint military exercises there with Denmark.