U.S. Secretary of State Blinken to visit Denmark, Iceland, Greenland

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks after landing at Boryspil International airport outside Kyiv, Ukraine May 6, 2021. Efrem Lukatsky/Pool via REUTERS

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Copenhagen, Reykjavik and Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, from May 16 to May 20, the State Department said in a statement on Friday.

While in Reykjavik, Blinken will attend the May 19-20 Arctic Council Ministerial, the department said.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media before a meeting with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi at the State Department in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2021. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS

(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis; editing by Susan Heavey)