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Island’s PM tells media event with Danish counterpart ‘we choose Denmark’ and will not be owned or governed by US

Remarks by US secretary of state come after Greenland and Denmark request urgent meeting over Trump threats

Denmark is furious after Donald Trump appoints a Greenland envoy who supports US control of the island.

Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen demand respect for borders after US appoints Greenland envoy

The government in Copenhagen has insisted on respect for its country's territorial integrity on Monday, after the US president appointed the Louisiana governor as an envoy to bring Greenland under US control.

Ever since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Brussels and European capitals have been clear that they expect to play a role in any peace settlement.

The European Union on Thursday agreed a new sanctions package targeting Russia’s “shadow fleet” of oil tankers and banning imports of Russian liquefied natural gas. The move comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky joins EU leaders at a summit in Brussels to push for more support against Russia’s invasion.

The prospect of the Russian president, who is wanted by the ICC for war crimes, entering EU territory loomed over a meeting of foreign affairs ministers on Monday.

Mette Frederiksen said US President Donald Trump's desire to take over and control Greenland is still a concern for its people.

EU High Representative Kaja Kallas said it's a hard feeling for her personally not to have unity on this matter, and that the division affects the credibility of the EU at the global stage.

Denmark's foreign minister has summoned the top U.S. diplomat in Copenhagen after the national broadcaster reported that three people linked to President Donald Trump carried out covert influence operations in Greenland, the semiautonomous Arctic territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.