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Greenland closer to major expansion of US military presence after approving deal
GREENLAND lawmakers have ratified a deal to expand the US military presence on the Arctic territory. The US, Danish and Greenland prime ministers signed the agreement in September, but it needed ratif
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GREENLAND lawmakers have ratified a deal to expand the US military presence on the Arctic territory.
The US, Danish and Greenland prime ministers signed the agreement in September, but it needed ratification by the Greenland and Danish legislatures. Denmark maintains sovereignty over Greenland in the treaty, which has defused threats from US President Donald Trump to forcibly annex the island, at least temporarily.
It provides for the construction of two major new US military bases and sweeping freedoms for US troops to move around Greenland “between” the two bases, nearly a thousand miles apart in the territory’s south and north-east.
The US State Department said the Greenland vote “marks another major victory for American national security.”
Mr Trump’s eagerness to conquer the island was officially rationalised by alleged Russian and Chinese interest in it, and the treaty gives the US veto power over any non-Nato country establishing a base or a mine there.
Rival powers are expanding their military footprint in the Arctic as melting ice caps facilitate greater resource exploitation, though other Nato members have acknowledged there is no evidence of increased Russian or Chinese activity around Greenland.
Critics in Greenland say they had no power to resist the deal, which was passed with 16 votes for and seven abstentions on Tuesday, and will not benefit. It awaits approval by the Danish legislature.
“It’s a good deal for Denmark, Nato,” said Avannaata municipality Mayor Lars Erik Gabrielsen. “Not for us. There are no benefits, no money for our society: zero.”
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