Dutch MPs addressed a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Uri Rosenthal, according to Nouvelles d‘Armenie.

The politicians included several questions regarding the recognition of 1915 events in the Ottoman Empire as Genocide. They also reminded the Foreign Minister that the parliament had earlier adopted a recommendation on including the issue of the Armenian Genocide in the agenda of EU-Turkey admission talks.

Dutch politicians also inquired about the government's decision on constructing an Armenian Genocide memorial in the suburbs of Hague.

In his reply, Rosenthal only mentioned that the authorities do not support the idea of constructing a memorial.

Later, the MPs’ called on him to be courageous in recognizing the Armenian Genocide.