Copenhagen - Amid extremely tight security measures, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Monday visited Danish military units in Afghanistan, reports said.

The premier met with Danish soldiers and was close to one of the areas in the restive Helmand province where NATO-led ISAF forces have engaged Taliban forces.

Rasmussen was quoted as telling Danish news agency Ritzau that he had wanted to visit the zone "where soldiers are conducting the most dangerous part of their mission."

Copenhagen - Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Wednesday concluded a cabinet reshuffle and presented the new ministers to Queen Margrethe.

The reshuffle was made after Lene Espersen was elected Tuesday as the new leader of the Conservative Party, the junior partner in Rasmussen's centre-right coalition.

Espersen, who has held the justice ministry portfolio since 2001, succeeds Bendt Bendtsen as deputy prime minister, and takes on his portfolio as economic and business affairs minister.

Rasmussen praised Bendtsen's efforts to help create "historically good ties" between his Liberal Party and the Conservatives that have been in office since 2001, and said he looked forward to continue this cooperation with Espersen.

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