The foreign Ministry responded to the cancellation of the visit to Russia of the delegation of the Netherlands

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the Cancellation of the planned February visit of a delegation from the Netherlands to Russia is a deliberate provocation. This was stated by the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

the foreign Ministry stressed that the Netherlands deliberately included in the list of the parliamentary delegation of the Deputy, which was considered undesirable for Moscow because of aggressive statements addressed to Russia.

“Despite our warnings, they deliberately went to the provocation, knowing full well all the possible consequences. That is sought to scandal”, – quotes the Minister RIA Novosti.

the Ministry concluded that the Dutch side did not want the visit took place, however “the hackneyed scheme laid the blame on Russia.”

Earlier, the Russian foreign Ministry commented on the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Bulgaria. It is noted that the Department considered such openly unfriendly step.

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