Leaders of five parties in the Greenland parliament in a joint statement condemned the United States' claim to the island and rejected any ideas about the possibility of Greenland joining the US.
The statement was signed by the leaders of the Democratic Party, the Naleraq Party, the Inuit Ataqatigiit Party (Community of the People), the Siumut Party (Forward), and the Atassut Party (Solidarity).
In a statement published late on Friday, the party leaders reiterated their desire to end what they considered the US's condescending attitude towards the territory of Greenland.
"As leaders of parties in Greenland, we reaffirm our desire to stop the US' condescending attitude towards our territory. We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders," the statement read.
They stressed that they did not want to be American citizens or Danish citizens, but rather to remain Greenlandic people. They also emphasized that Greenland's future must be determined by the Greenlandic people themselves and should not be interfered with by other countries.
"The future of Greenland must be determined by the people of Greenland... No other country can interfere in this," the leaders continued and reiterated that the island must determine its own future without pressure or intervention from any country.
Earlier on Sunday, US President Donald Trump told The Atlantic magazine that the US "really needs" Greenland. He claimed the island was "surrounded by Russian and Chinese ships."
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen then asked Trump to stop threatening Greenland, which is a Danish autonomous region, regarding a possible annexation.
On January 4, Katie Miller, wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, uploaded a picture of a map of Greenland colored with the motif of the US flag on the X platform with the caption "SOON".
Responding to the upload, Denmark's Ambassador to the US, Jesper Moller Sorensen, said Copenhagen expects US respect for the integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark's territory.
Meanwhile, Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen also said the image was disrespectful to Greenland.
Greenland was a Danish colony until 1953. The island remained part of the Danish Kingdom after gaining autonomous status in 2009, with the authority to govern and determine its own domestic policies.
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