Pakistan, Jan. 13 -- A bipartisan delegation of United States lawmakers is set to visit Denmark this week amid escalating tensions over President Donald Trump's repeated threats to take control of Greenland, an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, officials said Tuesday.

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The group will be led by Democratic Senator Chris Coons and also include Republican Senator Thom Tillis, Democratic Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Dick Durbin, along with members of the House of Representatives. The lawmakers are scheduled to be in Copenhagen on Friday and Saturday for talks.

The planned visit comes as Trump continues to push the controversial idea that the United States sho...