Denmark's prime minister will visit semi-autonomous Greenland on Wednesday for talks with the territory's incoming government, following U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated expressions of interest in controlling the Arctic island.

N UUK, Greenland — U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife are due to visit an American military base in Greenland on Friday in a trip that was scaled back after an uproar among Greenlanders and Danes who were irked that the original itinerary was planned without consulting them.

Vance had received a frosty reception from authorities in Denmark & Greenland amid Trump's repeated expressions of interest in 'buying' the arctic island.

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen is set to meet U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio this week in the first high-level talks since President Donald Trump's re-election and his vow to "take control" of Greenland,

We do not belong to anyone else,” Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in response to President Trump’s latest assertion that he wants to annex the territory.

Sen. Lee is the chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and sitting member of the Foreign Relations Committee.

Greenland's incoming Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Monday that he was looking forward to a visit from Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen this Wednesday, and that Greenland had been wishing for this visit.

The prime minister of Greenland pushed back Sunday against assertions by U.S. President Donald Trump that America will take control of the island territory.

But I think there’s a good possibility that we could do it without military force.” Nielsen’s statement comes in stark contrast to Vance’s Friday appearance at the Pituffik Space Force base in north-western Greenland,