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Netherlands Recalls Pak Embassy Staff After Threats Over Lawyer
The Netherlands recalled staff from its embassy in Pakistan following threats after providing shelter to the lawyer of a Christian woman in a blasphemy case, the Dutch foreign minister said on Monday.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Quits After Lying About Vladimir Putin Meeting
Dutch Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra resigned on Tuesday after admitting that he had lied about attending a meeting in 2006 at which he said Russian President Vladimir Putin had outlined a strategy for building a greater Russia.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan Compares Dutch Rally Ban To Nazism As Row Spirals
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said a Dutch ban on his foreign minister's visit was like Nazism, as tensions rocketed over rallies abroad to help Ankara gain backing for a key vote.
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Dutch PM Bars Turkish Foreign Minister In Escalation Of Rally Row
The Netherlands barred Turkey's Foreign Minister from flying to Rotterdam on Saturday and President Tayyip Erdogan responded by calling his NATO partner a 'Nazi remnant' as a row over Ankara campaigning among emigre Turkish voters intensified.
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Dutch Summon Russian Ambassador Over MH17 Comments
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders has summoned Russia's ambassador over "unacceptable" comments by Moscow criticising a report into the downing of flight MH17, officials said on Friday.
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Dutch FM Warns No Safety 'Guarantees' For Visitors To Turkey
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders has warned the Netherlands cannot guarantee the safety of citizens travelling to Turkey if they have been critical of Turkish leaders.
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Dutch Minister To EU Members: Don't Shut Borders To Migrants
Dutch foreign minister Bert Koenders has urged EU member states not to close their borders to migrants, suggesting that "effective border control is more important."
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Dutch FM Says Russia 'Sowing Confusion' on MH17: Report
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders today accused Russia of "sowing confusion" about the fate of flight MH17 by constantly criticising a final report into the disaster.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Visits Russia, Pushes for MH17 Prosecution
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders has discussed with his Russian counterpart efforts to prosecute suspects in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flights MH17, his office said in a statement late on Friday.
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Dutch Prime Miniter's Visit to Deepen Ties with India
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will pay an official visit to India on June 5-6, accompanied by Foreign Trade and Development Minister Lilianne Ploumen and Agriculture Minister Sharon Dijksma, aiming to boost ties between the two countries.
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Remains of MH17 Victims May Never be Fully Recovered: Dutch Foreign Minister
The remains of the last nine victims of flight MH17 may never be recovered from the Ukrainian battlefield where their plane was downed four months ago, the Dutch foreign minister said Saturday, as fighting rumbled on in the east of the country.
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MH17 Victim Found With Oxygen Mask: Dutch Foreign Minister
One of the people on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine in July was found wearing an oxygen mask, the Dutch foreign minister and prosecutors said, raising the possibility that some passengers might have known their plane was doomed.
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Australian Leaders Differ on Russian Role in War
Australia's prime minister and foreign minister on Thursday sent mixed messages on whether Russia was frustrating Dutch and Australian police efforts to retrieve the bodies of victims of the Malaysian airliner disaster in war-torn east Ukraine.
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Australian Leaders Differ on Russian Role in War
Australia's prime minister and foreign minister on Thursday sent mixed messages on whether Russia was frustrating Dutch and Australian police efforts to retrieve the bodies of victims of the Malaysian airliner disaster in war-torn east Ukraine.
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Dutch Face Saudi Anger Over Anti-Muslim Lawmaker
The Netherlands' foreign minister said Wednesday he may fly to Saudi Arabia in a bid to ease anger in Riyadh over anti-Muslim messages spread by firebrand lawmaker Geert Wilders.
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Netherlands Recalls Pak Embassy Staff After Threats Over Lawyer
The Netherlands recalled staff from its embassy in Pakistan following threats after providing shelter to the lawyer of a Christian woman in a blasphemy case, the Dutch foreign minister said on Monday.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Quits After Lying About Vladimir Putin Meeting
Dutch Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra resigned on Tuesday after admitting that he had lied about attending a meeting in 2006 at which he said Russian President Vladimir Putin had outlined a strategy for building a greater Russia.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan Compares Dutch Rally Ban To Nazism As Row Spirals
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said a Dutch ban on his foreign minister's visit was like Nazism, as tensions rocketed over rallies abroad to help Ankara gain backing for a key vote.
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Dutch PM Bars Turkish Foreign Minister In Escalation Of Rally Row
The Netherlands barred Turkey's Foreign Minister from flying to Rotterdam on Saturday and President Tayyip Erdogan responded by calling his NATO partner a 'Nazi remnant' as a row over Ankara campaigning among emigre Turkish voters intensified.
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Dutch Summon Russian Ambassador Over MH17 Comments
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders has summoned Russia's ambassador over "unacceptable" comments by Moscow criticising a report into the downing of flight MH17, officials said on Friday.
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Dutch FM Warns No Safety 'Guarantees' For Visitors To Turkey
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders has warned the Netherlands cannot guarantee the safety of citizens travelling to Turkey if they have been critical of Turkish leaders.
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Dutch Minister To EU Members: Don't Shut Borders To Migrants
Dutch foreign minister Bert Koenders has urged EU member states not to close their borders to migrants, suggesting that "effective border control is more important."
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Dutch FM Says Russia 'Sowing Confusion' on MH17: Report
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders today accused Russia of "sowing confusion" about the fate of flight MH17 by constantly criticising a final report into the disaster.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Visits Russia, Pushes for MH17 Prosecution
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders has discussed with his Russian counterpart efforts to prosecute suspects in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flights MH17, his office said in a statement late on Friday.
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Dutch Prime Miniter's Visit to Deepen Ties with India
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will pay an official visit to India on June 5-6, accompanied by Foreign Trade and Development Minister Lilianne Ploumen and Agriculture Minister Sharon Dijksma, aiming to boost ties between the two countries.
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Remains of MH17 Victims May Never be Fully Recovered: Dutch Foreign Minister
The remains of the last nine victims of flight MH17 may never be recovered from the Ukrainian battlefield where their plane was downed four months ago, the Dutch foreign minister said Saturday, as fighting rumbled on in the east of the country.
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MH17 Victim Found With Oxygen Mask: Dutch Foreign Minister
One of the people on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine in July was found wearing an oxygen mask, the Dutch foreign minister and prosecutors said, raising the possibility that some passengers might have known their plane was doomed.
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Australian Leaders Differ on Russian Role in War
Australia's prime minister and foreign minister on Thursday sent mixed messages on whether Russia was frustrating Dutch and Australian police efforts to retrieve the bodies of victims of the Malaysian airliner disaster in war-torn east Ukraine.
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Australian Leaders Differ on Russian Role in War
Australia's prime minister and foreign minister on Thursday sent mixed messages on whether Russia was frustrating Dutch and Australian police efforts to retrieve the bodies of victims of the Malaysian airliner disaster in war-torn east Ukraine.
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Dutch Face Saudi Anger Over Anti-Muslim Lawmaker
The Netherlands' foreign minister said Wednesday he may fly to Saudi Arabia in a bid to ease anger in Riyadh over anti-Muslim messages spread by firebrand lawmaker Geert Wilders.
