21/08/2019 11:26
Trump cancels Denmark visit over Greenland spat
US President Donald Trump has cancelled a state visit to Denmark after the nation's prime minister said Greenland was not for sale to the US.
The president was scheduled to visit on 2 September, at the invitation of Denmark's Queen Margrethe II.
- Then last week Mr Trump suggested the US was interested in buying Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.
Danish PM Mette Frederiksen described the suggestion as "absurd" and said she hoped Mr Trump was not being serious.
Mr Trump announced that the visit would no longer go ahead while praising Denmark as a "very special country" and the cancellation was confirmed by a White House spokesman.
The Danish royal house also confirmed it had been informed of the cancellation, Danish public broadcaster DR reported.
The house's head of communications, Lene Balleby, said the move was "a surprise".