BEIJING (Reuters) – Dutch Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said in China on Tuesday that safeguarding the country’s economy and cyberspace was a key priority for the Netherlands.
Like China, the Netherlands has a responsibility to protect its national security and just as China protects its core interests, so do the Dutch, Hoekstra told a joint press conference in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart.
“And in that regard, I raised our concerns about cyber operations conducted from Chinese territory and reports of foreign interference operations on Dutch territory, including against journalists,” he said.
(Reporting by Ryan Woo, editing by Ed Osmond)
