"We are proud of our 400,000 Turkish-Dutch citizens." Dutch FM Koenders has said.

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Channel: Anadolu English · 2015 · News & Politics

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The Netherlands is proud of its Turkish-origin citizens, the country's Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said Tuesday in Ankara, the Turkish capital. "We are proud of our 400,000 Turkish-Dutch citizens and their contributions to our society," Koenders said at the Seventh Annual Ambassadors’ Conference at the Presidential Palace. He also said Turkey made significant progress in the last 10 years. He said the EU should work together with Turkey in the fight against terrorism and radicalism, and it was within this context that the Netherlands wanted to improve its relations with Turkey.

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