Netherlands cancels landing permission for Turkish foreign minister Cavusoglu

YEREVAN, MARCH 11, ARMENPRESS. The Dutch government on Saturday withdrew landing permission for the Turkish foreign minister’s aircraft, The Washington Post reported.

The Dutch government said in a statement it had withdrawn the permission because of “risks to public order and security” caused by the proposed visit of Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to Rotterdam.

Earlier Saturday, in an interview with private broadcaster CNN Turk, Cavusoglu said: “If the Netherlands cancels my flight permit, our sanctions to the Netherlands would be heavy.”

He also repeated the government’s charges that bans on rallies are “fascist practices.”