Denmark announced the closure of its embassy in Buenos Aires

The official message is already on the website of the Danish Embassy in Buenos Aires.

Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod He referred to a “restructuring” of the country’s headquarters abroad to “be able to comply with government priorities”, among other things, given the humanitarian crisis and the war in Afghanistan..

“My priority as Minister of Foreign Affairs is to ensure the safety and security of the Danish people in a world where democracy, human rights and our values ​​are under increasing pressure,” said the Minister. Foreign Affairs.

Following the escalation of violence with the arrival of the Taliban regime to the government of Afghanistan, Denmark to strengthen “16 missions and 9 departments at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Copenhagen”, but in return other less relevant dependencies in this context will be closed.

Kofod referred to “the serious event in Afghanistan over the past two weeks” which forced him to come up with “a new foreign and security policy strategy”.

His portfolio carried out “the most comprehensive analysis of the work and structure of the Danish foreign service since the Foreign Affairs Committee in 1989/90, at the end of the Cold War”, and that was the conclusion, a- he explained.

The interests of Denmark and the Danes living in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay will be served by a network of honorary consuls, the authorities said.