New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to make Greenland a part of the United States and does not rule out using military or economic power to get hand over the island. Trump has repeatedly expressed his interest in gaining control of the Panama Canal and Greenland

The president-elect, who takes office on January 20 had first expressed his interest of buying the mostly ice-covered island of 57,000 people from Denmark in 2019.

Greenland, part of NATO through the membership of Denmark, has strategic significance for the U.S. military and for its ballistic missile early-warning system since the shortest route from Europe to North America runs via the Arctic island.

The island, whose capital Nuuk is closer to ...