On Wednesday evening, a Hercules aircraft landed in Nuuk with military personnel on board. It is part of the new increased military presence in the Arctic.
Both Denmark and a number of NATO allies are sending soldiers to Greenland. On Facebook, the Arctic Command wrote on Wednesday that two transport planes would land: one in Nuuk and one in Kangerlussuaq.
But where the soldiers will be stationed has not been announced.
At a press conference in Denmark, Sermitsiaq asked the Danish Chief of Defence Michael Hyldgaard how many troops are expected to come to Greenland and where they will be stationed.
- It will fluctuate how many there are and what activities are going on. The same applies to where we operate.
- So there will be activities we carry out that no one or only a few will discover because it takes place at sea or in the air, and then there are other things that will have great visibility because it takes place on land and maybe even in Nuuk, he replied.
Ritzau has made the following list of countries sending soldiers to Greenland. Together, the foreign forces are part of the Danish exercise Operation Arctic Endurance:
The US already has around 150 people stationed in Greenland at Pituffik Space Base. As a result of the 1951 Greenland Defense Agreement, the US military has free access to Greenland.
A Challenger aircraft from the Danish Air Force was supposed to have landed in Nuuk on Monday evening. DR writes.
