New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- US President Donald Trump is moving from his earlier ambition of acquiring Greenland to a security arrangement that would significantly expand the US military footprint on the Arctic island.

Trump is due to meet Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday (September 22) to sign the trilateral agreement.

Reuters reports that the pact is expected to allow the US to establish military facilities at Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland and Mestersvig on the east coast, in addition to the existing Pituffik Space Base.

The agreement marks a major shift from Trump's earlier demand for US control of Greenland. But it ...