Danish PM: Greenland deal 'good for Nato and Europe'
Denmark, Greenland and the United States plan to sign an Arctic security agreement alongside the UN General Assembly, the Danish prime minister’s office said.
Denmark and Greenland expect to sign a security agreement with the United States that would strengthen protection across the Arctic and North Atlantic, the two governments have said.
In a statement issued in Danish on 18 September, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she was glad about the prospect of “a good agreement for Greenland, the Kingdom of Denmark and USA”, adding it would be “also good for Nato and Europe”.
Frederiksen said the agreement would “simultaneously recognise the Kingdom's sovereignty and territorial integrity and the Greenlandic people's right to self-determination”.
Jens-Frederik Nielsen, premier of Naalakkersuisut, Greenland's government, said the deal would “secure and strengthen security for Greenland, the Kingdom of Denmark, USA and the western alliance”.
Nielsen said the agreement “recognises Greenland's interests and our place in international cooperation”.
The three governments plan to sign the agreement in the week after the statement, alongside the UN General Assembly, and it must then go through “the necessary parliamentary procedures” before it takes effect, the statement said.