During a visit to Greenland, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen emphasized to the US that one cannot annex another country, even under the pretext of international security concerns. As Frederiksen concluded her three-day trip to the strategically significant Arctic island,

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called Thursday for increased Arctic defense collaboration with the United States during a visit to Greenland, and firmly dismissed the US desire to annex the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

The Prime Minister defended Denmark's commitment to NATO and called for collaborative security efforts in the Arctic.