The war between Russia and the West is also unfolding on the diplomatic side. Indeed, the Dutch government has announced the expulsion of “a certain number” of Russian diplomats from the country. The charge against Moscow is that it tried to introduce spies into Holland. “Despite numerous attempts by the Netherlands to find a solution, Russia continues to try to bring intelligence agents into the country under diplomatic cover,” Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said in a statement.
However, it remains “important to keep embassies open as a channel of communication, even now that relations with Russia are more difficult than ever,” he added. Russian diplomats were given two weeks to leave the country. A Russian trade office in Amsterdam has been ordered to close until Tuesday. The Dutch consulate general in St Petersburg was closed on Monday.
Source: IL Tempo

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