SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said Tuesday her country stands firmly by South Korea on its policy over North Korea and urged the communist nation to pull out of its plan to launch a long-range rocket, the presidential office said.

During a summit on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit, Lee expressed gratitude that Denmark, as president of the Council of the European Union, issued a statement earlier this month urging North Korea to call off the rocket plan, the office said in a statement.