U.S. officials are expected to meet with Danish and Greenlandic counterparts in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.

The high-stakes meeting comes shortly after Greenland and Denmark's leaders portrayed a united front against Trump's takeover threats.

Denmark and Greenland push back against Trump’s Greenland takeover plan, emphasizing NATO protection and calling for Greenlanders to have a say in their future.

Nielsen made the remarks at a joint press conference with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, marking the strongest show of disapproval of President Donald Trump’s ambition to acquire Greenland

A Danish government official says Denmark provided the U.S. with support seizing an oil tanker violating sanctions amid the dispute over Greenland.

Denmark has pledged to station a radar system in eastern Greenland, as well as five new inspection ships to replace the ageing Thetis-class vessels, a Poseidon-type patrol aircraft and four long-range MQ-9B Sea Guardian air drones.

The prime ministers of Denmark and Greenland presented a united front in forcefully rejecting US pressure at a joint press conference ahead of a crunch meeting in Washington on Wednesday. Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said the Arctic island did not want to be “owned”,