Trump said Greenland is vital to U.S. security and Denmark must give up control of the strategically important Arctic island
Greenland's Minister for Independence and Foreign Affairs, Vivian Motzfeldt, Denmark's Minister of Defence Troels Lund Poulsen and members of the coalition present a defense agreement on the Arctic and North Atlantic in the Ministry of Defence in Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 27.Denmark said on Monday it would spend 14.6 billion Danish crowns boosting its military presence in the Arctic, following renewed interest by U.S.
Following more than a decade of drastic cuts in defence spending, last year Denmark allocated 190 billion Danish crowns for its military over a 10-year span, part of which has now been allocated to the Arctic. At present, Denmark’s capacities include four aging inspection vessels, a Challenger surveillance plane and 12 dog sled patrols, all tasked with monitoring an area four times the size of France.
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