The claim of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Belgium and the Netherlands, understand little of jihadism is "not recognized" by security minister Ard van der Steur.
That said the minister Friday about the statements of the president on CNN .
"We know a lot about terrorism and Jihadism. We have quite an eye and as far as that goes, well under control," said Van der Steur. "We know what we should want to know and every day we are working to further increase our knowledge."
He pointed out that 100 percent safety can not be given, but that everything is done to minimize the chances of an attack. '' 100,000 people working under my responsibility day in and day out to keep the Netherlands safe. ''
Minister Ronald Plasterk (Security) said that the Netherlands is doing "what can reasonably and should do."
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Erdogan made it in the interview to the Netherlands and Belgium. The President responded to the allegations of the Netherlands that Turkey would have clearly indicated that the radicalized Ibrahim El Bakraoui who was deported in July, would have jihadist tendencies.
"To someone who has understood jihadist intentions, you must first understand what it means," said Erdogan. "The Netherlands and Belgium do not understand where jihadism stands for."
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Earlier this week the House debated the attacks in Brussels and the uncertainty surrounding the expulsion of El Bakraoui. Since Van der Steur Minister not all information about the course of events was available around the expansion, the debate resumes next week.
He will have to answer for the fact that he has misinformed the House about the origin of the information. Against the House, he said the FBI information originated, but later found out that that was shared with police Netherlands by New York.
By: Reuters / http://www.nu.nl/politiek/ Photo: Reuters
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