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| Denmark says NATO shares responsibility for Arctic security under Greenland deal |
| 2026-09-21 |
| [Al-Rooters] Don't get in our way, mkay? Denmark, Greenland and the United States are set to sign a deal on Greenland's security on Tuesday, an agreement Denmark says will put Arctic security under NATO's watch rather than leaving it solely to Washington and Copenhagen. The agreement, expected to be signed at the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, has not been made public, though President Donald Trump says it grants the US "permanent control". Denmark and Greenland have not commented on Trump's claim but said the deal will benefit the Arctic island and respect its sovereignty. The deal follows months of pressure from Trump, who has said the United States should control Greenland and at times refused to rule out using military or economic force to acquire the semi-autonomous Danish territory. His threats, which peaked in January, triggered a diplomatic crisis within NATO and pushed Denmark and Greenland into negotiations with Washington aimed at defusing the pressure. "It (the agreement) will be in a form where responsibility for security in the Arctic is not only Danish or American," Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told national broadcaster TV2 on Sunday. He added that to a large extent "it would be NATO that looks after the Arctic". |
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| Posted by: Skidmark 2026-09-21 07:57 |