DutchNews.nl,
Friday 10 January 2014
(Nos/ANP) |
'The
Netherlands wil be represented. We are not in favour of a boycott. It is better
to be involved in dialogue,' the prime minister told his weekly news
conference.
The
decision means the Netherlands is not joining the growing list of western
countries which are not sending their most senior representatives in protest at
the country's human rights record.
The heads
of state and government leaders of Germany, France, Belgium, Britain and the
United States have already said they will not be attending the games.
Some
opposition parties, Dutch gay rights group COC and Human Rights Watch had urged
the cabinet not to send the king to Sochi. Willem-Alexander has attended
several previous Olympics in his then role as the Dutch IOC member.
'I am
shocked and very, very disappointed,' the Volkskrant quoted COC chairman Tanya
Ineke as saying.
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