UPDATE 1-Trump still aims for Greenland control, its Prime Minister Nielsen warns

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen warned on Monday ⁠that while U.S. President Donald Trump has ruled out military force, Washington still fundamentally seeks to control ​the Arctic island.

The president intensified

calls for U.S. ‍control over Greenland

at the beginning of the year, citing national security concerns related to Russia and China, which ⁠threatened ‌to fracture the ⁠NATO alliance. Trump has since

backed away from threats of force ‍and said he secured total U.S. access to Greenland ​in a NATO deal, though details remain unclear.

"The ⁠view upon Greenland and the population has not ⁠changed: Greenland is to be tied to the U.S. and governed from there," Nielsen said ⁠in a speech to parliament, speaking via a translator. Nielsen ⁠said ‌the U.S. continues seeking "paths to ownership and control over Greenland".