Dutch Prime Minister refused to apologize to Ankara
Dutch Prime Minister mark Rutte has refused to apologize to Ankara for refusing to let in the Netherlands two Turkish Ministers.
He reports about it WNL.
“I’m going to help de-escalate tensions, but not to apologize,” said Rutte. The Minister of foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Bert Koenders supported this position.
“Completely impossible, what are we going to apologize,” writes Nu.nl.
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Recall, the Prime Minister of Turkey Bina Binali Yildirim condemned the actions of the authorities of the Netherlands, which did not allow the Minister of family and social policy of Turkey Fatma Sayan Betulin Kaye to enter the territory of the Turkish Consulate General in Rotterdam.
“We strongly protest against actions of the authorities of the Netherlands. Appropriate measures of Ankara will be extremely hard. Pressure on Turkey and the Minister, who has diplomatic immunity, is unacceptable,” he said.
We add that the Dutch government Saturday, March 11, withdrew permission for landing of an aircraft of Minister of foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu. The Netherlands government announced in its statement that the permit is revoked due to “risk to public order and security”, which could allow the visit of Minister of foreign Affairs Cavusoglu in Rotterdam. He was going to speak to the Turks in the referendum of 16 April regarding the constitutional reforms in Turkey.
Thus, the government drew the IRE of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Turkish President has promised in response to the introduction of measures against the Dutch diplomatic flights. “They don’t know anything about politics or international diplomacy,” said Erdogan, adding that “these Nazi remnants, they are fascists”.