At the meeting of the delegations of high-ranking officials of Russia and the United States in Saudi Arabia, among other things, issues of economic cooperation between the two countries were discussed. Among them is the possibility of joint projects to develop hydrocarbons in the Arctic, the American Politico states

Trump seeks to expand American influence in the Arctic. He has repeatedly stated his intention to get Greenland, even to the point of using military force to seize territory with mineral deposits.

Previously, the American ExxonMobil collaborated with the Russian company Rosneft in the search for hydrocarbons in the high latitudes of the Arctic, but withdrew from the project in 2018 after the introduction of Western sanctions against Russia.

KRISTALL OF GROWTH previously reported that, according to the British The Telegraph, Greenland will not help the United States, without Russia, America does not have the resources to explore the Arctic.