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GREENLAND BASES Bluie West Three — radio and weather station on the island of Simiutaq. POLITIKEN SOLO Foto: Martin Lehmann

If the United States is to open new military bases in Greenland, it must promise to clean up after itself, several former ministers say. The Danish, American, and Greenlandic governments have no comment.

Former ministers lay down a demand for the U.S.: You clean up after yourselves!

GREENLAND BASES Bluie West Three — radio and weather station on the island of Simiutaq. POLITIKEN SOLO Foto: Martin Lehmann
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If the United States is to be allowed to establish new bases in Greenland, one hard-and-fast requirement should apply: ‘You clean up your own waste’.

That is the demand from a number of former ministers from Greenland and Denmark.

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