Denmark makes it clear to Trump that Greenland is not for sale

Greenland has made it clear it is not for sale, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Tuesday, in response to US President-elect Donald Trump's obsession with buying the massive Arctic island.

Frederiksen said that Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede "has been very, very clear ... that there is a lot of support among the people of Greenland that Greenland is not for sale and will not be in the future."

The Danish leader's comments come after Trump floated the idea of ??buying Greenland from Denmark last month, calling the US purchase of the Arctic territory an "absolute necessity". Trump made the same proposal in 2019 during his first term, "Politico" reports, Klankosova.tv broadcasts.

Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., landed in Greenland on Tuesday on what he called a private visit. But his entourage included conservative activist Charlie Kirk and Trump's chief of staff, Sergio Gore. Trump Senior called them his representatives.

"On the one hand, I'm really happy about the increased American interest in Greenland," Frederiksen said in an interview Tuesday with Danish broadcaster TV 2. "But of course it's important that it happens by decision of the Greenlanders."

Greenland, the world's largest island with a population of about 60,000, was a Danish colony until it became self-governing with its own parliament in 1979. It remains a territory of Denmark, with Copenhagen exercising control over its foreign policy and of protection.

As global powers seek to expand their reach in the Arctic, mineral-rich Greenland — home to a US military base — is coveted for its strategic value in security and trade.

Under a 2009 agreement with Denmark, Greenland can only declare independence after a successful referendum - which its leader Egede appeared to hint during his New Year's address could be held alongside the next parliamentary elections of the island in April./Klankosova

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