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Denmark's Defense Minister, Troels Lund Poulsen, stated this Thursday that his country has improved its situation following the preliminary agreement on the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland reached on Wednesday between NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and US President Donald Trump.
"Today we are in a clearly better position than yesterday. I am very happy about it," Poulsen stated on his X account, reacting to the outcome of the meeting held on Wednesday by Rutte and Trump on security in the Arctic and in which both forged a preliminary agreement on the sidelines of the Davos Economic Forum.
"Undoubtedly, there will be more difficult conversations with the Americans after Wednesday's meeting between NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Trump," noted the Danish Defense Minister, who has seen how the American president has pressured in recent weeks to take control of Greenland for security reasons.
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"Rutte cannot negotiate an agreement on behalf of Denmark or Greenland, but my impression is that he has worked loyally for NATO's cohesion, and it is very positive that NATO will now do more to reinforce security in the Arctic and its surroundings," Poulsen added. The Danish minister thus alluded to one of the pillars that, according to what has emerged in German media such as the newspaper 'Die Welt' or the magazine 'Der Spiegel', make up the preliminary agreement reached between Rutte and Trump. This understanding would consist of four pillars, including the removal of the threat of tariffs, the renegotiation of the 1951 agreement on the stationing of US troops on the Arctic island to create Trump's 'Golden Dome' missile shield, US control of investments in the Danish autonomous territory, and the commitment of European allies to do more for the security of the Arctic region. Poulsen also recalled that he was in contact several times with Rutte, after the head of the Atlantic Alliance spoke with Trump. "These conversations arose naturally after my Greenlandic colleague, Vivian Motzfeldt, and I had a long and very constructive meeting with the head of NATO" in Brussels on Monday, the minister said. "In it, we explained to Mark Rutte the Kingdom's red lines and I believe that our meeting was very useful for Rutte to understand the Kingdom's position," he stressed.
