The talks are being held under a 1951 defence pact between Denmark<\/a> and the United States that allows the latter to build and expand military sites in Greenland, a Danish overseas territory.<\/p>\n Pituffik Space Base is currently the sole US military base in Greenland, on its north-west coast. Operating since the 1951 US-Denmark treaty, it is central to the US early warning and missile defence as well as space surveillance.<\/p>\n Lt-Cdr Teresa C Meadows, a US Northern Command spokesman, said the US wished to expand bases near the southern town of Narsarsuaq and Kangerlussuaq, in the western region.<\/p>\n The Danish government did not immediately comment on a New York Times<\/a> report that cited a recent briefing by a US general to American legislators and a spokesman for the US military.<\/p>\n The Telegraph understands that ceding sovereignty of Greenland in any form is a red line for Denmark, which could have ruled out a US proposal earlier this year to allow Cyprus-style sovereign bases.<\/p>\n According to The New York Times, Gen Gregory Guillot, the head of US Northern Command, briefed US legislators in mid-March that the military was seeking \u201cincreased access to different bases across Greenland as we look at the increasing threat and the strategic importance of Greenland\u201d.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cI\u2019m working with our department and others to try to develop more ports, more airfields, which leads to more options for our secretary and for the president, should we need them up in the Arctic.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked whether Denmark or Greenland<\/a> had resisted those plans, he said both had been \u201cvery supportive\u201d as the talks had been taking place under the 1951 defence agreement.<\/p>\n Protesters gathered in Nuuk in January to march against Donald Trump\u2019s plans to take over Greenland – Evgeniy Maloletka\/AP<\/p>\n![\"Protesters](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/b6e3c6ff7dede43d2ab48008e95190c9.jpeg\"\/)
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