STOCKHOLM, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Denmark will not prohibit planes of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States carrying terror suspects from flying across its airspace, nor will it be responsible for such flights' violation of related international laws, a senior official said Wednesday.

    Given the complexity of the case, Denmark cannot shoulder the responsibility for the consequence of such flights, said Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller, quoted by reports from Copenhagen.

    The CIA planes enter Danish airspace under the status of civil planes, and Denmark cannot prohibit such civil flights as it is against related international laws, he added.

    Denmark's left-wing alliance urged the government to take action to prevent CIA planes of terror suspects from flying over its sky after the Danish newspaper Politiken revealed that the CIA had made at least 16 such flights via the Danish airspace since 2001.

    The alleged terror suspects had been transported by CIA-chartered planes to countries outside the US for torture and trial, for which the International Red Cross had repeatedly lodged protests before the US government, according to the newspaper.

    Other reports said since the US launching of a global anti-terror war, the CIA has made approximately 100 flights carrying terror suspects to foreign countries such as Egypt, Iraq, Turkey and Uzbekistan for trial. Enditem