Greenland would choose to remain Danish over a United States takeover, its leader said on Tuesday, ahead of crunch White House talks on the future of the Arctic island — which US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened.
Trump has been talking up the idea of buying or annexing the autonomous territory for years, and further stoked tensions this week by saying the US would take it “one way or the other”.
“We are now facing a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark,” Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said at a press conference.
“One thing must be clear to everyone: Greenland does not want to be owned by the USA. Greenland does not want to be governed by the USA. Greenland will not be part of the USA.”
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