Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte had reached an agreement regarding Greenland. As he stated, “the framework for the future agreement regarding the island and, in fact, the entire Arctic region” has been agreed.
Speaking to the media, Trump noted that the document would be a “long-term agreement.” He said: “This is the final long-term agreement and I think it puts everyone in a very good position, especially when it comes to security and minerals and everything else.
According to the New York Times' findings, based on interviews with three senior officials, the plan involves a compromise in which “Denmark would give the United States sovereignty over small portions of Greenland territory where the United States could build military bases.” This model would be similar to the British Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus.
See also: This is what the agreement regarding Greenland will look like. The second Cyprus?
The thing is that the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, knows nothing about such an agreement. She announced this in a morning statement on Thursday.
“NATO is fully aware of the position of the Kingdom of Denmark. We can negotiate everything on political issues: security, investments, economy. But we cannot negotiate our sovereignty. I was informed that this did not happen. Of course, only Denmark and Greenland can decide on matters relating to Denmark and Greenland” – we read in a statement from Mette Frederiksen.
Further in the statement, the Danish government emphasizes that it is ready for talks that will increase security in the Arctic region, but only on condition that the country's territorial integrity is respected.
