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Netherlands Moves Iran Embassy Staff to Azerbaijan
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Dutch, Danish embassy staff in Tehran to move to Azerbaijan
Denmark and the Netherlands announced Tuesday that they are relocating their respective embassy staff in Tehran to Azerbaijan. The move follows Spain, Austria and Italy, which are among the countries to have temporarily closed and relocate their embassies to Baku in recent days as the US-Israel war on Iran continues. "Due to the growing security risks for our employees, it has been decided to temporarily transfer the activities of the Dutch emba…
Dutch embassy in Iran temporarily relocated to Azerbaijan
Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendson announced on Tuesday that the Dutch embassy in Iranian capital Tehran has been temporarily relocated to Baku, Azerbaijan, due to increasing security risks to embassy staff, reported Xinhua. In a letter to the House of Representatives, the minister said that the Dutch ambassador to Iran and embassy staff have arrived in Baku, where they will continue their work. "We are closely monitoring developments in Iran.…
Rasmussen has explained that the decision was taken a few days ago and that it is not a "permanent" closure, but it has conditioned an upcoming reopening "to a security situation different from the current one," says the public broadcaster DR TV."The security situation is so serious that we can no longer maintain an embassy," said Rasmussen, who has reported that the Danish diplomats who were in Tehran are already "outside the country."
The Danish embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran is closed. All the staff at the embassy have left the country. It was done a few days ago, but for security reasons this is kept secret until now. This was stated by Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen at a press conference a moment ago: 10032026_Embassy_in_Iran
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