Foreign Ministers of Benelux countries express support for Ukraine s territorial integrity, sovereignty 3 min read
The joint visit of the Foreign Ministers of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg to Ukraine demonstrates a strong signal of its support, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sophie Wilmes has said.
She said at a press conference in Kyiv on Friday that this is the first visit of the Benelux countries under the Belgian presidency, and it demonstrates how important it is for the three countries to be here, it sends a very strong signal showing their commitment, support and friendship to Ukraine.
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Al-Hol camp, located outside the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah, currently holds roughly 62,000 residents, including children born to foreign parents who joined ISIS. (Photo: Archive)
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmes told the country’s parliament on Tuesday that 27 children stuck in displacement camps in northeast Syria would be eligible for DNA testing.
Wilmes told a meeting of the parliament’s foreign relations committee that the tests could be carried out locally and analyzed in Belgium.
The minister said two Belgian women remain in Syria, including one with two children detained in Damascus.
Children born in Syria whose parents are proven to be Belgian could be repatriated with a temporary passport or emergency visa, she said.
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