Denmark Ready to Send Peacekeepers to Ukraine

The Danish government and parliament have reached a consensus on the possible deployment of troops to Ukraine to ensure a future peaceful settlement, DR reports.

The statement was made by Foreign Minister Lars Rasmussen and Defence Minister Troels Poulsen after a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee, where they presented the government's position and received broad support from parliamentary parties.

‘It is important that we in Europe send the right signals to both Putin and Washington. This is what we are doing today, saying that if a ceasefire or peace agreement requires a European presence, Denmark is in principle ready to do so,’ Rasmussen said.  

At the same time, Poulsen stressed that there are no specific plans to deploy peacekeepers.  

‘We have not decided on specific commitments. It will depend on how events develop. Therefore, this is a manifestation of due diligence,’ he explained.  

According to the minister, NATO is unlikely to initiate the deployment of peacekeeping forces to Ukraine, but individual European countries may make such decisions on their own.  

At the moment, a number of European countries do not rule out the possibility of deploying their peacekeeping contingents to Ukraine in the event of a settlement of the war.  

In particular, on 28 March, the UK announced its readiness to send troops and combat aircraft to Ukraine. The British prime minister said that 18 countries are already involved in the peace talks and a potential peacekeeping mission in Ukraine.  

In addition, Canada and Australia are ready to consider sending peacekeepers.

As The Gaze previously reported, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold a virtual meeting of world leaders on 15 March to discuss the deployment of a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine.