Speaking before deputies of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands Parliament on Tuesday, February 13, he said that he made the biggest mistake in his political life.

As reported by Telegraaf, he stressed that the Netherlands deserved the Minister of Foreign Affairs, "who can be fully trusted".

I made the wrong choice, I should not have done this. I do not see any other option than to resign, "Zailstra said..

Recall, in an interview with Volkskrant, Zailstra said that he lied about his presence at a meeting with Putin at his dacha in 2006. At this meeting, according to Zailstra, Putin allegedly said that he considers Belarus, Ukraine and the Baltic states as part of "Great Russia".

In a new interview, the minister said that he invented the fact of his presence, because he tried to protect the real participant of history, from whom he heard the information.

As reported URA-Inform, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavel Klimkin, held a meeting with the Minister of the Interior of the Netherlands, Kaisa Ollongren. During the bilateral negotiations, it was agreed to start cooperation at the government level in the sphere of combating the influence of Russian propaganda and agents in Ukraine and Europe.