Incoming Greenland PM says talk of annexing island is 'unacceptable'

5/4/2025 6:22

Denmark should focus on the fact that Greenlanders do not want to be a part of the country, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday.



"Greenlanders are going to make a decision," Rubio told reporters at a press conference after meeting other NATO foreign ministers in Brussels.



Incoming Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen told Danish broadcaster TV2 on Friday that Rubio was not right.



"He is not right that Greenland wants to secede tomorrow. He is right that Greenland does not want to be Danish, but Greenland certainly doesn't want to be American either," Nielsen told TV2.



"We work every day to build a foundation so that we can stand on our own in the future, but we are not there yet. What he (Rubio) says doesn't hold water," Nielsen added.