Belgium will send around 30 military personnel to Greenland in early September, joining a coalition of NATO allies reinforcing the alliance's footprint in the Arctic under an operation known as Arctic Sentry.
The Belgian contingent will draw from the 1st Brigade, based in Leopoldsburg, together with members of Belgian Special Forces.
Arctic Sentry is designed to strengthen NATO's presence across Greenland, Iceland, and the wider Arctic Ocean. Troops taking part will run deterrence exercises, conduct training, operate drones, and test systems built to counter enemy drones.
Belgium will not be alone in the operation. Canada, Denmark, France, Finland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Sweden are all contributing forces to the same deployment.
NATO has framed the buildup as a response to what it describes as growing strategic interest from Russia and China in the Arctic region.
The move lands against a backdrop of renewed political friction over Greenland's future. Donald Trump has repeated his calls for the United States to acquire the territory, describing it as a historical and strategic necessity. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has pushed back firmly, saying Greenland is not for sale and that only its own people can decide what happens to it.
Belgian broadcaster VTM reported that NATO wants the deployment to send a clear message, that the alliance is capable of protecting both the Arctic region and the strategic island itself.