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​Denmark’s Troops Could be Sent to Peacekeeping Mission in Ukraine

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Denmark ready to send troops to peacekeeping mission in Ukraine
Denmark ready to send troops to peacekeeping mission in Ukraine

Denmark is ready to send soldiers to a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, its defense minister was quoted as saying after Polish leaders floated the idea for such a mission

“The Danish government is ready to contribute soldiers to a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine if it can help put an end to this bloody war,” Denmark's Defense Minister Morten Bødskov said, according to the euractiv.com website.

“If it comes to that, Denmark is ready to contribute," he added, as quoted by the website.

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"We have decades of experience in this work, and I definitely think that Denmark can contribute to this and make a difference,” Bødskov also said before a NATO meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, Euractiv reports.

Defense Minister of Denmark Morten Bødskov, Denmark’s Troops Could be Sent to Peacekeeping Mission in Ukraine,Defense Express
Defense Minister of Denmark Morten Bødskov / Photo credit: EPA/STEPHANIE LECOCQ

“If it comes to that, Denmark is ready to contribute. We have decades of experience in this work, and I definitely think that Denmark can contribute to this and make a difference,” said Bødskov on Wednesday (16 March) before a NATO meeting in Brussels.

Denmark is also ready to send extra help as soon as possible to the Baltic countries if needed to defend themselves.

“We have a strong presence in the Baltic States with F16 aircraft and soldiers, and we run a headquarters there. We are ready to look at whatever wishes there may be”, Bødskov said.

Denmark’s Troops Could be Sent to Peacekeeping Mission in Ukraine, Defense Express
Denmark is also ready to send extra help as soon as possible to the Baltic countries if needed to defend themselves / Photo credit: EPA-EFE/Mads Claus Rasmussen

Earlier, as Polskieradio reports, Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński on Tuesday travelled to Kyiv, together with Czech leader Petr Fiala and Slovenia’s Janez Janša, for face-to-face talks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

During the visit, Poland’s Kaczyński proposed that NATO or "some wider international body" send a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine.

Denmark’s Troops Could be Sent to Peacekeeping Mission in Ukraine, Defense Express
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and Slovenia's Prime Minister Janez Jansa attend a meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 15, 2022 / Photo credit: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

Kaczyński said: "There is a need for a peacekeeping mission by NATO, maybe also by some wider international body” in Ukraine, "a mission that will be able to defend itself, and which will operate on Ukrainian territory."

He called on the world to "back up its words of respect and solidarity” toward Ukraine with “deeds” and “courage," Polish state news agency PAP reported.

Denmark’s Troops Could be Sent to Peacekeeping Mission in Ukraine, Defense Express
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a meeting with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and Slovenia's Prime Minister Janez Jansa, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 15, 2022 / Photo credit: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

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