Dutch Embassy Confirms Parliamentary Delegation Canceled Visit To Russia

Dutch Embassy Confirms Parliamentary Delegation Canceled Visit to Russia

The Dutch Embassy to Moscow confirmed that the Netherlands' parliamentary delegation had canceled its February visit to Russia after a lawmaker was denied entry

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th January, 2020) The Dutch Embassy to Moscow confirmed that the Netherlands' parliamentary delegation had canceled its February visit to Russia after a lawmaker was denied entry.

"We can confirm media reports that today the Netherlands permanent subcommittee on international affairs decided to cancel the scheduled visit due to the fact that MP [Sjoerd] Sjoerdsma will not have access to Russia," the embassy said.

The Algemeen Dagblad newspaper reported earlier that the Netherlands had canceled the visit by a Dutch parliamentary delegation to Russia, scheduled for February, after a lawmaker was denied entry. It said Sjoerdsma, from the Democrats 66 party, had been blacklisted by Moscow, adding that Russia had not disclosed the reason for the ban.