Ambassador Jakob Linulf emphasizes need to protect environment

Celina Ali

Islamabad: Denmark’s Ambassador to Pakistan Jakob Linulf this week emphasized the need to protect environment.

“This #EarthDay23, Denmark Embassy along with Denmark companies (@NovoNordisk & @Maersk)collected waste on the beach of Karachi to mobilise action for more sustainable waste management! Happy to see @WWFPak lauding our efforts to promote sustainable business & protecting environment,” he tweeted.

The envoy pointed out that food crisis, energy crisis and a changing world economy was affecting countries and populations, which in many cases were also affected by climate change and natural disasters.

Earlier, Denmark said it aims to strengthen defense ties with other Nordic countries to protect critical infrastructure and counter the Russian threat both in the Arctic and the Baltic Sea region.

In a new foreign and security policy strategy, the country’s government called for more joint military exercises and coordination of defense plans with its Nordic neighbors.

“With Finland’s accession to NATO and Sweden on the way, there is a historic opportunity for us to move closer together in a situation where all the Baltic Sea countries, except Russia, are members of the same defense alliance,” Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said in a speech.

The strategy calls for tighter relations with the Baltic countries, as well as closer diplomatic ties in places like Moldova, West Balkans and Georgia to counter Russian influence.