India, Jan. 14 -- Greenland's prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen on Tuesday said the island would prefer to remain part of Denmark rather than become a US territory.

Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers are set to meet US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on Wednesday, after Trump intensified rhetoric about taking over Greenland, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.

Greenland is not for sale and has no desire to join the United States, Prime Minister Nielsen said at a joint press conference in Copenhagen with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.

"We face a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the US and Denmark here and now then we choose Denmark," Niel...