France, June 14 -- French President Emmanuel Macron is to visit Greenland on Sunday to ensure there is "no preying" on the autonomous Danish territory, the first such trip by a foreign leader since US President Donald Trump's threats to seize it.

"I'm going to say: 'We're here, and we're ready to reinvest ourselves so that there is no preying'" on it, Macron said a few days ahead of his trip.

Trump has repeatedly said the US needs the strategically located, resource-rich Arctic island for security reasons, and has refused to rule out the use of force to secure it.

A majority in Greenland favours independence in the long term, and both Danish and Greenlandic leaders have insisted that the autonomous territory must decide its own future....