Greenland talks with NATO show positive progress, says US Vice President

Negotiations between American representatives and NATO over Greenland are progressing positively, US Vice President J.D. Vance said.

Speaking at an event in Toledo, Ohio, Vance noted that when President Donald Trump decides to achieve something in negotiations, he gets it done, Caliber.Az reports.

He added that Denmark and other NATO members should recognise the significance of the deal for the security of not only the US but the world. 

“So we're going to keep on trying to make sure that we secure that landmass, so that we can protect the American people as we've done and will continue to do,” Vance emphasised.

Greenland holds long‑standing strategic military value for the US and NATO because it hosts the Pituffik Space Base, a crucial early warning and missile-defence radar facility established under a 1951 agreement between Denmark and the US, which helps monitor ballistic missile threats between North America and Eurasia. 

The Arctic’s changing geopolitical importance, driven by climate change, has increased Greenland’s relevance: thinning ice opens new sea routes and exposes critical northern maritime chokepoints like the GIUK gap, making NATO’s collective defence posture in the High North more significant amid Russian and Chinese activity. 

Despite US interest in expanding its access or influence, Danish officials repeatedly emphasise that Greenland’s sovereignty and decisions about its future are matters for Denmark and Greenland alone, and any discussion with NATO or the US must respect that territorial independence.

NATO has clarified that Greenland’s sovereignty was not part of recent discussions between US and alliance leaders, and there is no agreement for US ownership; talks focus mainly on strengthening Arctic security cooperation rather than transferring control of the territory.

By Jeyhun Aghazada