September 19, 2026 | 11:17

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NATO welcomed “with favor” the announcement of the agreement “that will shortly be signed between the United States, Denmark and Greenland,” a NATO spokesperson told Sky News, adding that the accord “will help promote security, stability and cooperation in this vital region.” The Arctic and the North Atlantic “are essential to our collective security,” the Alliance spokesperson added, stressing that NATO “will continue to do its part to strengthen security in the Arctic.”

The forthcoming agreement with the United States on Greenland’s security is “binding” and “strengthens security” in the Arctic, wrote Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen on social media, ahead of the signing announced yesterday by US President Donald Trump and expected in the coming days.

“Next week could be a good week… For Greenland, for Denmark, and for the United States,” Rasmussen wrote. “A long period of uncertainty will, hopefully, be replaced by a binding agreement that strengthens security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic and thus also our shared security within NATO and in Europe,” he added.

Trump’s announcement

In his post on the social platform Truth, Trump said, “I am pleased to announce that the United States of America has concluded an agreement with the Kingdom of Denmark and with Greenland that grants the United States permanent control over security and all other requirements in Greenland, fully addressing all our numerous national concerns. There will be no cost to the United States!,” the American president wrote.

“At my direction we have worked with representatives of Denmark and Greenland to ensure that the United States will forever have the full ability to do everything necessary in Greenland to secure and defend the safety of Greenland and the United States of America. Furthermore, from this moment on, no adversary of the United States will ever be allowed to have a base in Greenland, a military presence in Greenland, or make sensitive investments in Greenland without our express written approval,” Trump wrote.

Shortly after, Denmark and Greenland confirmed they had reached an agreement with the United States on security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic. Copenhagen said the signing is scheduled for next week on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

“I welcome the prospect of a good agreement for Greenland, the Kingdom of Denmark and the United States,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a statement.

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