Greenland has warned Donald Trump "you cannot own us" as a meeting between Denmark, the US and the island territory ends in disagreement.

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said that the prospect of the US accquiring Greenland is "absolutely not necessary," the BBC reported. Today US Vice-President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a meeting with the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers to discuss the future of the Arctic island.

Quoted by the BBC, Rasmussen said it is clear the Trump has the wish of "conquering" Greenland, but that he believes the meeting has managed to "change the American position". "We made it very, very clear that this is not in the interest of Greenland," he also said.

The Danish foreign minister said "fundamental disagreement" remains after "frank" White House talks over Greenland, while Denmark will beef up its military presence in Greenland “from today”, the defence ministry also said today, just before talks were to start in Washington DC.

Rasmussen, in a joint news conference with the Greenland foreign minister, says it is "absolutely not necessary" for US to acquire the Arctic territory, and that there is no "instant threat" from Russia, the BBC also reported.

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