Greenland has chosen to remain aligned with Denmark rather than the United States of America, Prime Minister (PM) Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Tuesday.

"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," Nielsen said, emphasizing that Greenland does not want to come under the control of the United States. 

 

"One thing must be clear to everyone - Greenland does not want to be owned by the United States. Greenland does not want to be governed by the United States. Greenland does not want to be part of the United States," he stressed. 

 

Nielsen passed the comments at a joint news conference with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen.

Frederiksen described what she called "unacceptable pressure" from Denmark's closest ally, the United States, over Greenland, and cautioned that "there are many indications that the most challenging part is ahead of us."

At the same time, she emphasized Copenhagen’s interest in continuing cooperation with Washington DC on Arctic security.

"Of course, we want to strengthen cooperation on security in the Arctic with the United States, with NATO, with Europe and with the Arctic states in NATO," she said.

 

The remarks follow comments by US President Donald Trump, who has promoted the idea of buying or annexing Greenland for years and in recent weeks said the United States would take it "one way or the other." 

 

Trump has also argued that Greenland is needed "for national security" and claimed the island is "surrounded" by Russian and Chinese ships. He has not ruled out using military force to take over the island.

The United States already operates a military base in Greenland, the Pituffik Space Base, which is one of several US installations that existed on the island during the Cold War.

Denmark and Greenland’s foreign ministers are scheduled to meet with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday.