Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede on Tuesday proposed a general election on March 11, he said in a Facebook post, quoted by "Reuters".
The upcoming election campaign is expected to revolve around the vast island's independence aspirations and U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed interest in the Arctic territory.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen reiterated on Monday that Greenland is not for sale, after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last week that President Donald Trump's interest in acquiring the island was "no joke".
Trump said he would make Denmark's autonomous territory part of the United States, and didn't rule out using military or economic power to persuade Copenhagen to hand it over. power to persuade Denmark to hand it over.
According to a poll published last week, 85% of Greenlanders do not want their Arctic island - a semi-autonomous Danish territory - to become part of the United States, the Danish daily Berlingske reported.
Earlier, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaia Kallas, said that the European Union "is not negotiating" on Greenland.