The US plans to re-establish a Cold War-era military base in Greenland and set up another under a deal to be signed with Denmark and Greenland on Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Denmark, Greenland and the United States are expected to sign their new agreement at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Wednesday.
During the Cold War, the US maintained 17 military installations and more than 10,000 personnel in Greenland.
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The US plans to re-establish a Cold War-era military base in Greenland and set up another under a deal to be signed with Denmark and Greenland on Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the matter.
The sites are Narsarsuaq, whose population has dwindled to a few dozen people since the US closed its Bluie West One military base in the 1950s, and Mestersvig, a military outpost used by the Sirius Dog Sled Patrol, a Danish special forces unit, said two of the people.
Denmark, Greenland and the United States are expected to sign their new agreement at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Wednesday.
The governments of Denmark and Greenland did not at once respond to a request from the Reuters news agency for comment.
During the Cold War, the US maintained 17 military installations and more than 10,000 personnel in Greenland.
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