President Donald Trump and Denmark have “fundamental disagreements” over the kingdom’s ownership Greenlandit was not resolved at a meeting with senior US officials in Washington on Wednesday, the Danish official said.
“For us, ideas that do not respect the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark and the right of the people of Greenland to self-rule are of course completely unacceptable,” Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told reporters after the meeting.
“But we don’t agree, that’s why we continue to talk,” Rasmussen said at a press conference at the Danish embassy.
Vivian Matzfeldt, Greenland’s foreign minister, noted “how important it is for us to strengthen our cooperation with the United States.”
“But that doesn’t mean we want to be owned by the United States,” he added.
Comments after the meeting with the Vice President J. D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio It comes as Trump continues to insist that Greenland be part of the United States
Trump continued to speak before the talks began social media Anything short of Greenland becoming part of the United States would be “unacceptable”.