AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK TOGETHER WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF GREENLAND TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE AGREEMENT OF 27 APRIL 1951 PURSUANT TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK ON THE DEFENSE OF GREENLAND (1951 DEFENSE AGREEMENT), INCLUDING ALL RELEVANT SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENTS RELATED THERETO

The United States and the Kingdom of Denmark, alongside the Government of Greenland, have amended their 1951 defense agreement, expanding U.S. military access to Greenland in the name of countering Arctic security threats and, per the text, establishing a “Golden Dome defense system.” The document runs through decades of prior agreements, from the 1991 Sondrestrom memorandum to the 2004 Igaliku Agreement, while repeatedly affirming Danish sovereignty and Greenlandic self-determination.

The agreement also cites the reopened U.S. consulate in Nuuk and promises of mutual benefit in minerals, science, and economic cooperation for the Greenlandic people. It arrives after a year in which the current U.S. administration has openly floated acquiring Greenland outright, a context the document's flowery preamble does not mention.

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