Denmark wants to deploy F16 fighter jets, C130J transport aircraft and 400 troops in Iraq and Syria to fight ISIS/ISIL, Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has announced. The parliamentary vote has been set for April.
“We need to fight ISIL with focus and great force as it is unscrupulously terrorizing and killing innocent men, women and children,” the Prime Minister said as cited by The Local.
The Danish parliament is going to vote on the government’s proposals in two separate readings on April 1 and April 19, according to Reuters. The main Danish parties have already expressed their support for expanding the military mission at a cross-party committee meeting which also included defense and the foreign ministers.
Under the proposal, Denmark is to send F-16 fighters, C130J transport aircraft and 400 troops including 60 special operations forces and support staff that will join the military campaign against ISIS by the middle of the year; RT reported.
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