The US and Denmark have announced a deal on Greenland’s security, resolving a diplomatic dispute sparked by President Donald Trump’s threats to seize the territory by force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump said the agreement would grant the US “permanent control over security, and all other needs”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Denmark’s Prime Minister said the deal “strengthens security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic area” but did not address specifics in the agreement that Trump mentioned in a social media post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The deal comes after months of threats by Trump to “take” Greenland, which is a semi-autonomous Danish territory, over national security concerns – citing its strategic location for defence purposes and its mineral wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump said the deal came with “no cost to the United States” and would grant the US the ability “to do what is necessary” to “secure and defend the security of Greenland”, in a post on Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said it included a rule that no US adversary could maintain a military presence in Greenland or “make sensitive investments in Greenland, without our express written approval”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen confirmed that the agreement would be signed at the United Nations General Assembly next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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