President Trump Announces BIG Greenland Update

The announcement comes more than four weeks after the U.S., Greenland and Denmark, which oversees the territory, signed a new security agreement to bolster American military and security presence on the island.

That agreement, which gives the U.S. broad access to the island’s airspace and territory, largely focuses on using Greenland for military purposes, but also mentions resource extraction and “minerals cooperation” between the two countries, without specifying any details.

The plan allows the U.S. to expand the existing Pituffik Space Base, the northernmost U.S. military installation which serves as an early-warning system for incoming missiles. The agreement also says the U.S. can establish additional bases at the sites known as Narsarsuaq and Mestersvig, which are roughly 950 miles apart. Any of the three parties can propose more “defense areas” as needed, subject to approval by the others.

The deal, which has no expiration date, also blocks non-NATO countries from establishing bases on the island without agreement from the parties.

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Top Official Shoots Down Trump's Claim 'Massive' Oil and Gas Drilling Beginning Soon in 'Our New' Greenland https://t.co/AUSbkqxgWI

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Greenland’s deputy mining minister Jørgen Hammeken-Holm told CNN, “there are activities by U.S. companies,” but “we are very far away from ‘massive’ exploration.”

The smaller explorations underway, he said, “could take years to become operational,” citing difficulties associated with Greenland’s Arctic terrain and lack of infrastructure.

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