A Greenland security text is to be signed next week, still unpublished
Denmark's foreign minister said a binding US Greenland security deal respects the Kingdom's red lines, Al Jazeera reported, with a signing expected next week at the UN General Assembly. The BBC wrote that NATO welcomed the announcement and that Trump said the deal gives the United States permanent security control at no cost and would bar adversary military presence or sensitive investment without US written approval. Neither report published the treaty text.
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Red lines, still without a published clause
Al Jazeera reported that Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen wrote that a binding US Greenland security deal respects the Kingdom's red lines, and that Denmark and Greenland said the text would be signed next week at the UN General Assembly in New York. Rasmussen wrote that a long period of uncertainty would hopefully give way to a binding agreement that strengthens security in the Arctic and North Atlantic while respecting those red lines. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called the deal great for NATO and Europe. Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said it recognises Greenland's interests. Key details remain unpublished, including the scale of a US military presence and whether any formal power over foreign policy and resources would pass to Washington.[1]
Trump's no-cost control claim
The BBC wrote that the United States and Denmark announced a Greenland security deal, with NATO welcoming it and Trump saying it gives the US permanent security control. Oliver O'Connell, Max Matza and Adrienne Murray, reporting from Copenhagen, said the original 18 September piece was updated as the dispute that followed Trump's threats to seize Greenland moved toward a signing. Trump said the deal came at no cost to the United States and would bar adversary military presence or sensitive investment without US written approval. No treaty text was published in the report. Danish and Greenlandic leaders expected a signing next week without releasing the text.[2]
A signing date without the clauses
Both Al Jazeera and the BBC place the signing next week and say the text is still unpublished. Al Jazeera names the UN General Assembly in New York as the venue. The BBC names Copenhagen reporting and Trump's written-approval bar on adversary presence. The announcement does not establish what the unpublished clauses contain, however.[1], [2]
