Prime Minister of Denmark Lars Lokke suggested to postpone a visit of his Turkish counterpart Binal Yildirim because of diplomatic row between Ankara and Amsterdam.

“Under normal circumstances it would be a pleasure for me to greet Prime Minister Yildirim in Copenhagen. I had a frank and constructive meeting with him in Ankara on 10 December last year. But with the current rhetorical attacks by Turkey against the Netherlands, a new meeting cannot be seen isolated from that. I have therefore suggested to my Turkish colleague that our meeting is postponed,” the statement reads.

PM emphasized that “characterization of the Western democracies and the current rhetorical attacks against the Netherlands by Turkey means that a meeting right now would be interpreted as if Denmark is viewing developments in Turkey more mildly which is not at all the case.”