President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States had reached an agreement with Denmark and Greenland concerning security on the Arctic island.
Trump described the arrangement as giving the United States permanent ability to address security needs in Greenland and said it would answer U.S. concerns about the territory.
The Associated Press reported that the agreement would bolster the U.S. military presence in Greenland after months of tension over Trump’s calls for the United States to gain greater control over the island.
Axios also reported Trump’s announcement and said the claimed agreement concerns U.S. security authority rather than a transfer of Greenland’s sovereignty.
Denmark’s Foreign Ministry says the United States has long maintained a military presence in Greenland under the 1951 defense agreement and subsequent arrangements. Detailed terms of the newly announced agreement were not immediately released by the U.S., Danish or Greenlandic governments.