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Greenland will never be 'piece of property' to be bought: Greenlandic PM

"We will never, ever be a piece of property that can be bought by anyone, and that's the message I think is most important to understand," Greenland's new prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen told reporters alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen as he visited Denmark for the first time since taking office.

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Published April 27,2025
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Greenland's new prime minister said on Sunday that the Arctic island would never be a "piece of property" to be bought, criticising US talk of seizing the Danish autonomous territory as lacking respect.

"We will never, ever be a piece of property that can be bought by anyone, and that's the message I think is most important to understand," Jens-Frederik Nielsen told reporters alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen as he visited Denmark for the first time since taking office.