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Trump Signs Major Arctic Security Deal With Denmark and Greenland, Expanding U.S. Military Presence and Cooperation Across Greenland.
U.S. President Donald Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen signed a trilateral security agreement on September 22, 2026, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The agreement is designed to strengthen security cooperation in the Arctic and North Atlantic while expanding the United States’ military access and presence in Greenland. Under the agreement, the United States will be allowed to modernize and expand activities at Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland. It also provides for additional U.S. defense areas at Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland and Mestersvig in the east. The agreement gives U.S. military aircraft broad rights to fly over and land in Greenland and allows U.S. public vessels access to Greenland’s territorial waters under the terms of the agreement. The pact also states that countries outside NATO cannot establish their own military installations or maintain a persistent military presence in Greenland unless the parties agree otherwise. It includes restrictions concerning certain sensitive foreign investments as well. Trump said…
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