• Curaçao Chronicle
  • (599-9) 523-4857

Dutch parliament cancels trip to Russia after lawmaker denied entry: ANP

Main news | By Correspondent January 28, 2020

AMSTERDAM - Dutch lawmakers on Tuesday canceled a planned trip to Russia after one of them was denied entry to the country, Dutch news agency ANP reported.

Sjoerd Sjoerdsma, a lawmaker critical of Moscow, was blacklisted by the Kremlin, blocking his participation in the trip the politicians had planned to make in February, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

+