...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...over Ankara's anti-terror operation in northern Syria, the Dutch foreign ministry said Friday.
"The Netherlands have now decided to withhold all license applications for the export of military goods to Turkey pending the course of the situation," the ministry said in a statement sent to AFP.
The move comes in the wake of Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag's announcement in the Dutch parliament Thursday that all military licence applications by Turkey would be turned down "unless there is clear proof that the goods are not being used in northeastern Syria."
The Netherlands, which is a fellow NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
partner with Turkey, also called on EU member states to "exercise restraint and closely follow the criteria for arms exports" to Turkey.
The Netherlands is responsible for about 8% of Europe
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
's total arms exports to Turkey, according to figures by the Amsterdam-based research and campaign organization Stop Wapenhandel.
This included mainly parts for tanks and armored vehicles, as well as technology and parts for fighter planes and attack helicopters, Stop Wapenhandel said in a report released in 2017.