The administration of US President Donald Trump is working on a draft deal for Greenland that could be offered to the island's authorities, APA reports citing British magazine The Economist.
According to him, American officials are discussing the possibility of offering Greenland a Compact of Free Association, which would improve the island's population's standard of living. The United States currently has similar agreements with small Pacific Ocean states—Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau. Under these agreements, the United States guarantees financial support to these countries, and they, in turn, delegate defense matters to Washington while maintaining their internal self-governance.
The Economist noted that the Trump administration's Greenland policy currently pursues two goals. First, Washington wants to exacerbate the differences between the Danish and Greenlandic authorities and fuel separatist sentiment on the island. Second, the US is attempting to strike a deal with the Greenlandic authorities bypassing the Danish government. The magazine also dismissed the prospect of "outright annexation" of the island as unlikely. The publication added that the US claims have caused panic among European leaders.
As the magazine noted, an American military base is already located in Greenland. The publication emphasized that the terms of the agreement with Denmark do not imply restrictions on the number of US troops on the island, but a significant increase in troop numbers would likely require Copenhagen's approval. It noted that the United States attempted to negotiate directly with Greenlandic authorities but were rebuffed.
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