Hundreds of Greenlanders gathered outside a new American consulate in the capital Nuuk on Friday to protest against Donald Trump's ambition for greater influence over the island,
BBC reports.
The protest capped a week in which the US president's special envoy to Greenland, Jeff Landry, made his first trip to the territory, a semi-autonomous part of Denmark.
"Our government already told Donald Trump and his administration that Greenland is not for sale," said Aqqalukkuluk Fontain, who organised the protest.
The inauguration of the new consulate and Landry's visit come amid efforts to ease diplomatic tensions after the US president's demands to control the island because of national security concerns.
The crowd of a few hundred people walked through the town centre chanting "Greenland is for Greenlanders", before standing in silence with their backs turned towards the consulate.
"Our message is for the American people and to the rest of the world," Fontain, 37, told the BBC ."That in a democratic world, no means no."
Standing among the crowd of protesters, Inge Bisgaard told the BBC that Landry's visit showed a lack of respect. "It's so important to show this is not okay."
"We get this fear from the United States. People were just recovering from last time, when it all began again in January," she said, referring to Trump's declarations for the US to "own" Greenland.
Another protester, 25-year-old Parnuna Olsen, questioned why the US needed a consulate in Greenland at all.
