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 "title": "United States, Denmark and Greenland Sign the 1951 Defence Agreement's Amendment — New Defence Areas at Narsarsuaq and Mestersvig",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/us-denmark-greenland-defence-agreement-signed-narsarsuaq-mestersvig-defense-areas-no-end-date-nato-bar-parliamentary-procedures/",
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 "published": "2026-09-22T18:51:00.000+02:00",
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 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNew York, 22 September 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Mette Frederiksen, Jens-Frederik Nielsen and Donald Trump signed the agreement at the United Nations on 22 September; it runs to twelve articles and amends the 1951 Defence of Greenland Agreement. Copenhagen published the Danish text, the White House the English, and the English prevails\n * Article IV: the United States \"shall be allowed to modernize and expand its activities in Pituffik Space Base\" and \"to establish an additional Defens",
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