Denmark's foreign minister said his country welcomed President Trump's comments that the people of Greenland had a right to self-determination but that he didn't believe that the territory's push to loosen ties with his country meant it wanted to become part of the U.

Denmark's foreign minister said on Wednesday that it was significant that U.S. President Donald Trump had recognised Greenland's right to self-determination while reiterating an interest in acquiring the island in his address to Congress.

Popular sentiment reflected by opinion polls suggest that most people in Greenland are opposed to any merger with the US. President Donald Trump's appeal for the people of Greenland to join the US came just days ahead of an upcoming general election in the Danish-ruled island.

Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede said the people of Greenland will determine their future and don't want to be part of the United States or Denmark.

Greenland’s prime minister says “Greenland is ours” and cannot be taken or bought in defiance of a message from U.S. President Donald Trump

Greenland's prime minister on Wednesday hit back at President Donald Trump's pledge to take the Arctic territory "one way or the other.