""Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland," he said. "This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all Nato Nations." He did not give details, but said talks would continue to reach the deal."
"The view in Denmark is that the issue is far from over and that any agreement must still be hammered out together between Greenland and Denmark and the US. Danish Prime Minister Metter Frederiksen said she been having regular conversations with Rutte and the Danes could negotiate "on everything political; security, investments, economy". "But we cannot negotiate on our sovereignty. I have been informed that this has not been the case either," she said in a statement on Thursday."
President Trump announced a framework for a potential deal regarding Greenland after talks at the World Economic Forum and a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. He said the solution would benefit the United States and NATO and indicated talks would continue. Rutte said he had not discussed Danish sovereignty in his meeting with Trump. Denmark and Greenland insist sovereignty cannot be relinquished and any agreement must be negotiated jointly with Greenland, Denmark, and the United States. Danish Prime Minister Metter Frederiksen said political, security, investment and economic matters can be negotiated, but not sovereignty. NATO emphasized preventing Russian or Chinese footholds in Greenland.
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