Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen has said the territory would choose Denmark over the United States if forced to decide “here and now”, rejecting renewed pressure from US President Donald Trump to bring the island under American control.
Speaking alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen, Nielsen said Greenland does not want to be “owned, governed by, or part of” the United States, despite Washington arguing that Greenland is vital for Arctic and missile-defence security.
Frederiksen described US pressure as “completely unacceptable” and warned that any use of force against a NATO ally would undermine the transatlantic alliance.
Key developments:
• Donald Trump says the US must “own” Greenland for national security.
• The White House has floated purchase proposals and has not ruled out force.
• Denmark and Greenland insist only they can decide the island’s future.
• NATO allies reaffirmed sovereignty, territorial integrity and UN Charter principles.
• Interest in Greenland’s rare earths, uranium, iron, oil and gas is rising as ice melts.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s Vivian Motzfeldt are due to meet US Vice-President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington this week.
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