BFF-47 Netherlands, Turkey resume full diplomatic ties: statement

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Netherlands, Turkey resume full diplomatic ties: statement

THE HAGUE, July 20, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – The Netherlands and Turkey said Friday they were resuming full diplomatic ties for the first time since Dutch officials barred two Turkish ministers from attending an election rally in 2017.

In a joint statement, the two countries said their foreign ministers met on the sidelines of last week’s NATO summit in Brussels and “agreed to normalise the diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and Turkey.

“To that extend the ministers agreed to reinstate ambassadors in Ankara and The Hague shortly,” the statement said.

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