Ottawa, Feb. 4 -- Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand on Wednesday said she will be traveling to Greenland this week to inaugurate Canada's new consulate in Nuuk, providing impetus to Ottawa's focus on Arctic cooperation and security.

She stated that Canada will be investing over 80 billion dollars in national defence and security, with a particular focus on Arctic security.

The move comes after Trump, who has been reiterating since taking office for a second term that he was in favour of acquiring Greenland, announced there is a "framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland".

"Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with ...