In the Netherlands obliged to see how in the future the situation will develop around the proposals on holding a referendum on the issue of Ukraine's Association agreement with the European Union, said in an interview Last news Ambassador of the Netherlands in Moscow Ron van Dartel.

first in the Netherlands on some of the news web site said about the fact that they had collected the required number of signatures under trebovaniem, requiring to initiate a national referendum on whether the ratification of the Treaty on the free trade area with Ukraine, which is obliged to enter into force in early 2016.

"in the 1st turn, I Wish to note that we in the Netherlands the government of the people, and there are procedures for holding a referendum. Maybe I just did not want to go into details how it all can go. We must look at the validity of the signatures gathered. We have to see how it all will develop, " - said the diplomat.

He drew attention that " this Advisory referendum ", special Council to the government. According to him, organizers "need to come to a referendum on 30% of the voting residents of the country. "" so, We currently are in the first stage of preparation of the referendum, and We must see how the situation will develop ", - said the Ambassador.

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