The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, has come out this Saturday in defense of the security agreement closed with the United States regarding the autonomous island of Greenland, emphasizing that "the situation in the Arctic has changed."
"It is important at a time when the situation of security policy in the Arctic has also changed," Rasmussen pointed out in a message disseminated through his profiles on social media, in which he insists on the need to adapt cooperation with Washington to the new geopolitical context.
The head of Danish diplomacy also noted that "next week could be a good week for Greenland, Denmark, and the United States," referring to the possible formal signing of the pact during the annual session of the UN General Assembly that will take place in New York.
With this step, Rasmussen hopes to leave behind the current "stage of uncertainty" and close "a binding agreement that strengthens security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic and with it our shared security within the framework of NATO and Europe, while respecting the red lines of the Kingdom."
The minister's message is accompanied by a photograph of a meeting held last January in Washington, in which Rasmussen; the then Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greenland, Vivian Motzfeldt; the Vice President of the United States, J.D. Vance, and the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, participated.
At the same time, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has made public an agreement by which his country will assume "permanent control" of the security of the island and will be authorized to deploy troops in this strategic region.
For her part, the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, has ratified the understanding reached with Washington to ensure "shared security" around Greenland. Frederiksen emphasizes that the document "recognizes the sovereignty and territorial integrity" of Denmark, as well as the "right of the Greenlandic people to self-determination."