Greenland approves
Greenland has approved the terms set for its withdrawal from the European Community, ending a twoyear battle for control over its lucrative fishing waters. Greenland’s Parliament voted 26-2 to accept the withdrawal conditions set by Community Foreign Ministers in Brussels last month. Under the plan, which still must be ratified by national parliaments, Greenland will get about SUS 22 million in financial aid annually in exchange for guaranteeing access to its Arctic waters for Community fishermen. The 50,000 predominantly Eskimo Greenlanders, who have limited autonomy from Denmark, voted to pull out of the Community in a referendum in February, 1982. — Copenhagen.
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