Denmark to send frigate to US-led task force in Red Sea
Denmark will send a frigate to participate in the US-led Red Sea operation next month, the Danish Defence Minister said on December 29.
Several countries, led by the United States, agreed to patrol the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to safeguard commercial shipping against attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the area.
"We are concerned about the serious situation unfolding in the Red Sea, where unprovoked attacks against civilian shipping continue," Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said in a statement, Reuters reports.
Denmark will submit a resolution to parliament in January to contribute to the US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian with a frigate that can be deployed from the end of January, the government added.
The US says Prosperity Guardian is a defensive coalition of more than 20 nations to ensure billions of dollars worth of commerce can flow freely through a vital shipping chokepoint in Red Sea waters off Yemen.
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