US President Donald Trump announced a deal with Denmark and Greenland granting Washington permanent control over the island's security. The White House chief wrote about it on Truth Social, Reuters reports, according to infohub.kz.
According to Trump, the agreement will allow the United States to take any actions in Greenland indefinitely that Washington deems necessary to protect the island and its own national security.
"The United States will forever have the full ability to do whatever is necessary in Greenland to protect it," Trump said.
The US president also said that countries Washington considers adversaries will no longer be able to station military bases in Greenland, establish any other military presence or make "sensitive investments" there without written US permission.
Trump called the arrangement an agreement for an "infinite term." According to him, it will not require additional spending by the United States. Washington intends to begin establishing a significant military presence in certain areas of the island.
The agreement, however, does not provide for the transfer of Greenland to the United States. The island will remain an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. Trump has repeatedly said previously that he would like to bring Greenland under full US control.
Before the president's statement, Reuters reported that Washington and Copenhagen had moved closer to an agreement on expanding the American military presence on the island. The talks covered the possible deployment of elements of the Golden Dome missile defense system and limiting China's activity in the region.
The United States already has Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. The American military presence on the island is governed by a 1951 agreement with Denmark.