Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says the move is a “political signal.”

France will open its first consulate in Greenland Feb. 6, French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said in a radio interview Wednesday.

Barrot said the creation of a French diplomatic outpost in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, is a “political signal” as threats from Donald Trump to seize the Denmark-administered territory rattle European capitals.

French President Emmanuel Macron previously announced plans to open a consulate in Greenland when he visited Nuuk in June. Macron last week criticized Washington for having designs on Greenland in a major foreign policy speech.