In Arctic push, U.S. extends new economic aid package to Greenland


FILE PHOTO: A general view of Nuuk, Greenland, September 11, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

NUUK, Greenland (Reuters) - Greenland said on Wednesday it had agreed a new economic aid package with the United States which seeks to boost ties the world's biggest island and strengthen U.S. military presence in the Arctic.

Washington has a military base on Greenland but paid little attention to the Arctic for two decades until 2019, when it began turning to the island to try to counter a Russian and Chinese commercial and military buildup in the region.

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