The plan assumes updating the 1951 Greenland Defense Agreement between the US and Denmark Under this defense cooperation agreement, US forces are stationed in Greenland.
The project also includes provisions regarding: increasing the security of the island and NATO's activity in the Arctic and additional work on raw materials, sources said.
It also includes language on locating part of the US defense project, the Golden Dome, in Greenland and combating “malign external influences” from Russia and China.
The Golden Dome is a project announced by Trump for a new anti-missile shield, which assumes placing some of its elements in space. It is to be an extension of the project initiated by Ronald Reagan, called by journalists the “Star Wars” program.
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What is Trump planning in the context of US sovereignty over Greenland?
Rutte's idea echoes the Danish proposal
Axios emphasized that the idea presented by Rutte echoes the proposal put forward by the Danes for a long time. It assumes that Denmark will maintain its sovereignty over Greenland and at the same time allow the US to increase its military presence on the island.
High-level negotiations between the US, Denmark and Greenland on a potential agreement are expected to begin in the coming weeks.
On Wednesday evening, the NATO Secretary General said on Fox News that the issue of Denmark's sovereignty over Greenland was not the topic of his talks with the US president.
Trump announces breakthrough on Greenland talks
Trump said on Wednesday that a framework for a future agreement on Greenland had been developed based on his meeting with the NATO chief on Wednesday. He added that he would not impose tariffs on eight European countries, which were to come into force on February 1 in response to their attitude towards his claims regarding Greenland.
The president later avoided answering the question whether, according to the agreement on Greenland he announced, the US would take ownership of the island. However, he stressed that the US would get everything it wanted and that it would be a “long-term” agreement.
According to the New York Times, the agreement announced by the US president may include American sovereignty over small parts of Greenland, where military bases could be established. The interlocutors told the newspaper that the NATO Secretary General pursued this plan.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt stated that SrThe details of the agreement still need to be finalized by all parties involved and will only be made public once this work is completed. “If this agreement is adopted, and President Trump very much hopes it will be, the U.S. will achieve all of its strategic goals in Greenland forever, at very little cost,” Leavitt said.
