The Greenland prime minister affirmed that his country is not for sale, after Trump said the U.S. should acquire the territory in his speech.

Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark, finds itself at the center of a geopolitical tug-of-war as U.S. President Donald Trump expresses interest in acquiring the island. Known for its vast expanse of mineral-rich land and strategic location along North Atlantic sea lanes,

In his address to Congress Tuesday night, Trump gave conflicting messages to the citizens of Greenland. While he claimed to “strongly support” Greenlanders’ “right to determine [their] own future,” and promised to keep them safe and make them rich, the president also restated that the U.S. would succeed in acquiring the territory.