Greenland's Prime Minister Múte Egede has stated that the island does not wish to be part of America or Denmark, but instead seeks independence. Source: The Financial Times (FT), citing Egede in a statement at a press conference in Copenhagen on Friday,

Greenland's prime minister said on Friday that the mineral-rich Arctic territory's people don't want to be Americans, but that he understands US President-elect Donald Trump's interest in the island given its strategic location and he's open to greater cooperation with Washington.

The prime minister of the Greenland says the people of his mineral-rich Arctic territory don’t want to be Americans but that he’s open to greater cooperation with the United States