Authorities in Greenland and Denmark hoped that talks with American negotiators on an increased U.S. presence in Greenland would lead to a somewhat serene resolution of the crisis sparked by Donald Trump’s desire to annex this Danish autonomous territory. However, reading the New York Times on Tuesday, May 19 did not reassure them.
Indeed, according to unidentified sources gathered by the newspaper in the United States, Denmark, and Greenland, what the Americans are proposing to their counterparts is “a much larger role for the United States in the Arctic rule.”
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Where Greenlandic and Danish negotiators were expecting to rely on a defense agreement signed with Washington in 1951, during the Cold War, their American counterparts would reportedly demand a modification of this document. This would allow “American troops in Greenland to be stationed indefinitely, even if Greenland becomes independent.”
Furthermore, the talks would have expanded to other subjects beyond the military domain. “The United States wants an effective veto right over any major investment agreement, in order to exclude competitors such as Russia and China.”
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