Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir embarked this week on the first official visit of an Icelandic leader to Greenland since 1998. She was in Nuuk at the invitation of Greenlandic Prime Minister Múte B. Egede.
The two leaders discussed opportunities for increased cooperation between Iceland and Greenland. Specific points of focus were a free trade agreement, fisheries and tourism, education and research, equality and energy and the climate crisis. Another meeting is already in the works for later this year to continue to build on the ideas presented this week.
During her visit, Katrín also met with Greenland’s Minister of Finance Naaju Nathanielsen to discuss the state of the countries respective economies. She also paid a visit to the Greenlandic Parliament, the National Museum of Greenland, the University of Nuuk, and met with Greenlandic women from the from politics, business, culture and the university to discuss the challenges and opportunities they face and parallels between Iceland and Greenland.
