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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen held a press conference on Wednesday afternoon to address US President Donald Trump's decision to postpone his visit to Denmark.

During the brief press conference, Frederiksen said she was both "sorry and surprised" by the US President's decision, but admitted to not being happy with it.

"Of course, I am both annoyed and surprised that the US president has canceled a state visit," said the prime minister. "Like many others, I had been looking forward to the visit and we were in the process of preparing."

Frederiksen made clear that the cancellation in her opinion did not change the good relationship between Denmark and the United States.

She re-emphasized Denmark's wish to maintain the country's strong cooperation with the United States, which she claimed still stands "completely untouched".

Frederiksen also mentioned that she had discussed Trump's wish to buy Greenland with the Kim Kielsen, Prime Minister of Greenland.

"We have discussed a sale of Greenland, and this has been rejected by the national chairman Kim Kielsen. And I agree with that."

Earlier today, Trump claimed that Frederiksen calling the idea of selling Greenland to the US "absurd" was "nasty" and "not nice".

The Danish prime minister responded an hour later.

"I don't believe I was being nasty or hard. I think we have answered very nicely from the Danish side," she told Danish TV Avisen.

"When you are close allies, there must be room for disagreements along the way," she added. "I hope that we will soon be able to stop this discussion so that we can concentrate on what is important."

The Danish prime minister may have sought to put an end to the sniping when she told Denmark's news channel TV2: "I'm not going to go into a war of words -- not with the US president, and Kim Kielsen has said very clearly that Greenland is not for sale, and I support that."