COPENHAGEN: Greenland's parliament has adopted legislation limiting foreigners' right to own property on the vast Arctic island, following mounting interest from US investors on the Danish territory coveted by President Donald Trump.

Greenland’s parliament, Inatsisartut, has introduced new rules on foreign property ownership amid rising interest in real estate in the country from the United States.

Greenland's parliament has adopted legislation limiting foreigners' right to own property on the vast Arctic island, following mounting

The new U.S. ambassador to Denmark, Ken Howery, has been confronted about President Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland. Danish media asked Howery, who was sworn in as ambassador last week, what his message was about Greenland outside Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen.

The new US Ambassador to Denmark, Ken Howery, attended an audience with King Frederik on Tuesday but avoided directly addressing President Donald Trump’s stated objective of taking control of Greenland.

The US military has rehearsed rapidly deploying its jets to Greenland as Donald Trump continues to eye up the world’s biggest island. American pilots and jets spent five-days exercising with their Danish counterparts despite tensions between the two nations over Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark.

President Trump, 79, insists he wants peace. He’s keen to win a Nobel Peace Prize. But his words and actions are often out of tune. Trump has boasted that Chairman Xi Jinping would never attack Taiwan while he is President because “he knows I’m f***ing crazy”. Then came the Iran crisis.

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is opening Canada’s first consulate in Greenland’s capital, marking a move to strengthen ties between the two allies amid strained relations with the United States.