On January 24, Turkey was million Ambassadors Netherlands in Ankara in connection with the January 22 protests in The Hague, including the tear up a copy of the Koran of Muslims.
In a statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry stated that it had summoned the Ambassador Netherlands in Ankara to protest once morest the above action, and to ask the Netherlands not to allow such provocative actions to be repeated.
According to the ministry, these actions are an insult to the sacred values of Islam and contain crimes of hatred, discrimination and xenophobia.
This is the latest development showing the tense relations between Turkey and some European countries these days. Earlier, on January 21, Sweden allowed a protest once morest Ankara, including the burning of the Koran by Muslims outside the Turkish Embassy in the capital Stockholm.
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In a statement released later, the Turkish Foreign Ministry criticized with the strongest possible language the act of burning the Koran. Many other Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait have also criticized the act of burning the Koran.
For his part, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom asserted that anti-Muslim acts like the one at the Stockholm rally were shocking, nor did the Swedish government support this move.
The Turkish Defense Ministry has canceled the planned visit to Ankara by the Swedish Defense Minister.
Phuong Ho (VNA/Vietnam+)
