© Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Europe NUUK, GREENLAND - JULY 28: Homes are seen against the backdrop of mountains on July 28, 2013 in Nuuk, Greenland. Nuuk, the capital of the country of about 56,000 people, is where the government is trying to balance the discovery of minerals and other new opportunities brought on by climate change with the old ways of doing things. Premier Aleqa Hammond, the leader of Greenlands Parliament, said: "Climate change is one of the major issues that were dealing with in the political Greenland, in the cultural Greenland and in the business sector of Greenland. Climate change is not only a bad thing for Greenland. Climate change has resulted in many other new options for Greenland. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

(Bloomberg) -- A U.S. offer of financial support to Greenland has caused outrage in the Danish parliament, with some members describing it as an act of “extremely provocative” meddling.

Greenland’s status has become a sensitive topic in Denmark since August, when President Donald Trump offered to buy the world’s largest island, which is a semi-autonomous part of the Kingdom.

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In an op-ed published in Danish media outlet Altinget on Wednesday, U.S. ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands cited Russia’s “aggressive behavior and increased militarization in the Arctic” and China’s “predatory economic interests” in the region as it offered “a substantial package of economic aid” to Greenland focusing on sustainable growth.

The U.S. has “clearly crossed the line” with an act designed to sow divisions among its ally, said Karsten Honge, a member of the foreign affairs committee with the Socialist People’s Party, part of the ruling center-left bloc.

The U.S. is in the process of opening a consulate in the capital Nuuk, Sands said.

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