Dutch Double Dealing With Africa And Russia — "The Netherlands has given Russia until 18.00 hours on Tuesday evening to explain its actions over the seizure of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, Nos television reports. If no further information is forthcoming, Russia must release the ship and its crew immediately, defence minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert said in a briefing to MPs on Tuesday afternoon. The Russian ambassador to the Netherlands was at the foreign office on Monday to discuss the situation, NOS said." Reminder: Dutch Royal Navy and merchant ships shave been very active in fighting starving “pirates” in rickety skiffs from Africa; nothing like Greenpeace’s icebreaker, below.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:25:11 +0000
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