- The Dutch government also plans to close its consulate general in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Monday and the Russian Trade Office, in Amsterdam, on Tuesday.
- The Netherlands expelled 17 Russian diplomats in March 2022 over espionage concerns following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a month earlier, according to Politico.
- Russia later expelled 15 Dutch diplomats.
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“Negotiations with Russia over the terms of sending diplomats back and forth to diplomatic posts have so far come to nothing,” the Dutch government said Saturday.
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The Dutch government on Saturday ordered several Russian diplomats expelled over Russia’s alleged “continued attempts to place intelligence officers into the Netherlands under diplomatic cover.”
