The prime ministers of Denmark and Greenland presented a united front in forcefully rejecting US pressure at a joint press conference ahead of a crunch meeting in Washington on Wednesday.
Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said the Arctic island did not want to be “owned”, “governed” or “be part of the US”, while Danish leader Mette Frederiksen insisted: “Greenland is not for sale.”
Denmark and Greenland’s foreign ministers will meet US vice-president JD Vance and secretary of state Marco Rubio at the White House on Wednesday, in the first substantive meeting between the three sides since President Donald Trump floated buying the island in 2019.