According to him, according to the Netherlands Broadcasting Corporation (NOS), the representative office will be closed from Tuesday.

Hoekstra added that from Monday the Consulate General of the Netherlands in St. Petersburg will be closed.

Russia is delaying issuing visas to Dutch diplomats, he said.

Hoekstra also said that the Netherlands had decided to limit the number of Russian diplomats in the country.

According to him, about ten employees of the Russian embassy will have to leave.