DENMARK INCHES TOWARDS RATIFYING U.S. DEFENCE DEAL – Despite Greenland Dispute
Denmark’s parliament today took an important step towards ratifying a defence cooperation deal with the United States that expands the U.S. military’s rights in the Nordic country despite a diplomatic dispute over Greenland.
The Danish and Greenland governments have both ruled out yielding the huge, resource-rich Arctic island to U.S. control.
But despite the dispute, the Danish government, which signed the bilateral cooperation deal in 2023, has said it is critical to bolstering Denmark’s defences. The Danish parliament today held the first of three readings of the bill before a final vote which is expected by the end of June.
A lawmaker, Simon Kollerup said in defence of the deal that it would be decidedly unwise to push the United States away by throwing the most important defence agreement in many years straight into the bin.
Finland, Sweden and Norway have also signed bilateral defence pacts with the United States in recent years.
