British Prime Minister Andy Burnham hosted Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Støre in Liverpool on Sunday, where both leaders welcomed the security agreement signed between Denmark, Greenland and the United States. The deal was signed at the UN General Assembly in New York on September 22.

A Downing Street readout said the pair raised the Lunna House strategic defence agreement between the UK and Norway, agreeing it would bring jobs and deep defence cooperation in the North Atlantic. They said both countries were key partners against Russian hybrid aggression at sea, through NATO and the Joint Expeditionary Force.

The leaders welcomed the Denmark-Greenland-US agreement and "the security it brought to the High North". The pact expands the US military presence in Greenland, including new defence areas at Narsarsuaq and Mestersvig and an expanded Pituffik Space Base, while keeping the island under Danish sovereignty.

The agreement followed months of tension over US President Donald Trump's demands to acquire Greenland, which Denmark refused. Danish and Greenlandic leaders have stressed the deal respects Greenland's right to self-determination.

The Liverpool meeting shows the UK positioning itself as a central player in High North security as Arctic competition with Russia and China grows.