FILE PHOTO: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen attends a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, January 28, 2025. REUTERS/Nadja Wohlleben/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Greenland is not for sale, Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen said on Monday, after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last week that President Donald Trump's interest in acquiring the island was "not a joke".
"Greenland is today a part of the kingdom of Denmark. It is part of our territory, and it's not for sale," she said ahead of an informal EU leaders meeting in Brussels.
Trump says he will make the autonomous territory of Denmark a part of the United States, and has not ruled out using military or economic power to persuade Denmark to hand it over.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta, Charlotte Van Campenhout, Editing Alex Richardson)
