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France's Lescure to convene G7 finance ministers meeting amid Greenland row

Reuters EUROPE
Published January 19,2026
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France's Economy and Finance Minister Roland Lescure (AFP Photo)

France's Finance ⁠Minister Roland Lescure said on Monday ‍he would convene ‌a ‍meeting of his counterparts from the Group of Seven (G7) countries to discuss trade and sovereignty "in the ⁠coming days", after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened additional tariffs until ‌the United States was allowed to buy Greenland.

"We are ‍fully supportive ‍of Greenland ‍and ⁠Denmark," ‍Lescure said.

"Blackmail between friends is obviously unacceptable."