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Dutch minister’s emotional speech on MH17 tragedy

The Dutch minister of foreign affairs, Frans Timmermans, gave an emotional speech from the UN Security Council Meeting on Ukraine on 21 July 2014. On the tragic MH17 Malaysia Airlines flight, the Netherlands lost more lives than any country, 193 of the 298 people on board.

Among those passengers was the Expatica Team’s colleague and friend, Antoine van Veldhuizen, and his family Christiene, Quint, Pijke and Simone. In their memory, the Expatica Team shares Frans Timmermans’s sentiments.

 

TDC / Expatica