THE HAGUE: The Dutch foreign ministry on Saturday (Feb 18) announced the expulsion of several Russian diplomats and the closure of Russia's trade mission in Amsterdam, accusing Moscow of using it for spying. It was the latest development in a dispute over Russia's failure to grant visas to Dutch diplomats
THE HAGUE: The Dutch foreign ministry on Saturday announced the expulsion of several Russian diplomats and the closure of Russia's trade mission in Amsterdam, accusing Moscow of using it for spying.
"Despite numerous attempts by the Netherlands to find a solution, Russia continues to try to get intelligence officers in the Netherlands under diplomatic cover," Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said in the statement.At the same time, it was important to keep embassies open as a communications channel even with relations with Russia so strained, he added.
The shutdown of Russia's trade mission was"a response to the continued violations of international human rights" by Moscow, Hoekstra said in a separate letter to parliament. As a result,"the Russian embassy in The Hague will not be able to have more diplomats than the Dutch embassy in Moscow", it said.
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