Negotiators have discussed proposals to check Russian and Chinese influence in the Arctic and transfer sovereignty over pockets of Greenlandic land to the United States, an idea opposed by Denmark.

President Donald Trump's wish to claim Greenland emanates from a plan for a "Golden Dome" defense system.

Denmark’s prime minister is saying after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he agreed a “framework of a future deal” on Arctic security with the head of NATO that her country can’t negotiate on its sovereignty and she has been “informed that this has not been the case.

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has said repeatedly that he wants to acquire Greenland, possibly by purchasing it from Denmark, despite the U.S. ally's repeated insistence that it is not for sale.

Oil prices slid about 2% to a one-week low on Thursday, after U.S. President Donald Trump softened threats toward Greenland and Iran, and on some positive movement that could lead to a solution to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

A 1951 treaty between the U.S. and Denmark already covers much of what a potential agreement on the island would include.

Trump said "Iceland" when he appeared to mean "Greenland" four times in his speech. Leavitt later denied he mixed the names up.

Donald Trump and Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte discussed the renegotiation of a 1951 US-Denmark pact governing the stationing of US troops in Greenland, as part of talks that led the US President to dial back his threats over the Arctic territory.