Denmark will send a frigate to participate in the US-led operation aimed at thwarting Houthi rebel attacks on shipping in the Red Sea in January 2024, Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen has said. AFP reports.

Led by the United States, several countries on December 19 agreed to patrol the southern Red Sea and the 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,” Lund Poulsen said in a statement.

The Danish government will submit a resolution to the parliament in January to contribute to Operation Prosperity Guardian with a frigate that can be deployed from the end of January, the government added.