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US, Denmark and Greenland to sign Arctic pact covering two military sites
September 22, 2026 at 04:02 AM
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The US, Denmark and Greenland are expected to sign Tuesday a strategic agreement resolving the dispute over the island and its military presence.
- Trump will meet Danish PM Mette Frederiksen and Greenland PM Jens Frederik Nielsen in New York on Tuesday for the signing, the White House said.
- Three unnamed sources said the US plans to reopen the Cold War-era Narsarsuaq base and add a military presence at Mestersvig on the eastern coast.
- Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said NATO would take charge of Arctic security under the agreement, rather than Denmark and the US alone.
- The State Department said the pact bars China and Russia from establishing bases in Greenland and grants Washington permanent access, basing and air-overflight rights.

