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Netherlands expels 17 Russian diplomats

The Dutch government has ordered the expulsion of 17 Russian diplomats suspected of being "intelligence officers," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced

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The Dutch government has ordered the expulsion of 17 Russian diplomats suspected of being "intelligence officers," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced.

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The Russian ambassador was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hague and informed of the decision on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported.

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The ministry said in a statement that the measure had been taken "in the context of national security."

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The move followed information from the Dutch intelligence that the 17 diplomats were "secretly active as intelligence officers," it said.

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