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Danish air-defense frigate heads to Red Sea as trade is under threat
PARIS — The Danish air-defense frigate Iver Huitfeldt set sail to the Suez Canal on Monday to join the coalition protecting shipping in the Red Sea, just days after an oil-products tanker was hit by a Houthi missile in the Gulf of Aden.
The Iver Huitfeldt will join U.S.-led Operation
Prosperity Guardian once parliament gives final approval, expected on Feb. 6, Denmark’s Ministry of Defense
said on Monday.
France transferred a second frigate to the Red Sea region eight days ago, while Belgium is sending the frigate Louise-Marie to join a nascent European Union mission there.
The frigates will strengthen the multinational fleet defending commercial shipping from Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis, who have been attacking vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden with missiles and drones.
A.P. Møller-Mærsk, the world’s second-largest container shipping company, is headquartered in Denmark, while third-largest container shipper CMA CGM is based in France.
“As a major seafaring nation, Denmark has a clear interest in contributing to maritime security,” Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said in a statement.
“The Houthi attacks against international shipping and thus the security of international waters are deeply worrying and a serious threat to the international world order.”…