Behind the scenes of the talks in Davos. The Greenland Agreement is just a 'word of honor'

The American station CNN reported that the arrangements of US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte regarding Greenland were only oral, and no official documents were prepared in this matter.

Trump and Rutte reached an oral agreement on Greenland during their meeting on Wednesday in Davos, but no document mentioning a future agreement has been produced so far, people familiar with the leaders' conversation told CNN.

The leaders agreed to continue talks on updating the Greenland defense agreement reached between the U.S. and Denmark in 1951, the sources said. Under this defense cooperation agreement, US forces are stationed in Greenland.

The framework of the agreement also includes a guarantee that Russia and China will be excluded from any investments in Greenland. The agreement will also include strengthening NATO's role on the island.

Two sources said the potential agreement could also include provisions for increased U.S. access to Greenland's natural resources, including minerals. However, Rutte on Thursday denied discussing the issue directly with Trump.

One of the people familiar with the talks said that Rutte did not want official documents to be prepared during his meeting with Trump because he was afraid that they could be leaked or that Trump himself could publish them on social media. Earlier this week, the US president published a private message he received from Rutte on Truth Social.

As CNN noted, the lack of documents has caused confusion among NATO allies who do not know what exactly was agreed. A document detailing the terms of the new agreement is to be developed at the next meeting of the working group of the US, Denmark and Greenland. According to one of the sources, such a meeting may take place next week in Washington.

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said details of the agreement still needed to be finalized by all parties involved and would only be made public once that work was completed.

“If this agreement is adopted, and President Trump very much hopes it will be, the US will achieve all of its strategic goals in Greenland forever, at very little cost,” Leavitt stressed.

From Washington Natalia Dziurdzińska (PAP)

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