(Dutch News) The Netherlands has no intention of bringing back IS fighters despite US president Donald Trump’s call on European countries to do so, foreign minister Stef Blok has confirmed.
“The Netherlands is not taking any IS fighters,” Blok said in Brussels on Monday, where he was attending a meeting of other EU leaders. “The president’s comments will not lead to a change in our standpoint,” Blok said.
Nor is handing them over to Iraq for trial an option because the country has the death penalty, Blok said. “The Netherlands will only work with that country when it abolishes the death penalty,” broadcaster NOS quoted the minister as saying.
