The move shows that European countries are taking more responsibility for conventional war planning, a change that President Trump has long pushed for.
President Trump’s announcement appeared to draw the United States back from the possibility of military and economic conflict with American allies over Greenland.
Hours after his address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, President Trump said he had reached a framework agreement with the leader of NATO over the future of Greenland.
The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project.