Greenland's lawmakers have approved a security agreement with Denmark and the United States to strengthen security in the Arctic and North Atlantic following months of pressure from US President Donald Trump to bring the semiautonomous territory under American control.
The agreement, approved 16-0 with seven abstentions on Tuesday, will allow an expanded US military presence and pave the way for additional American bases in Greenland while keeping the island under Danish sovereignty.
The deal aims to ease tensions over Trump's repeated calls for Greenland, a self-governing territory of a NATO ally, to become part of the United States.
It would also remain in effect if Greenland eventually decides to become independent from Denmark.
Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen signed the trilateral agreement in September on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Danish lawmakers are scheduled to debate the agreement later this month.
The deal will formally enter into force after the necessary parliamentary procedures in Denmark and Greenland are completed.