Dutch populist and euro-sceptic Geert Wilders shows a yellow star he cut out of the EU flag in front of the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Wilders is campaigning on a platform forbidding any further transfer of power to Europe, scrapping the Euro and control of immigration policy. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe) (The Associated Press)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The Dutch foreign minister says he may fly to Saudi Arabia in a bid to ease anger in Riyadh over anti-Islam messages distributed by firebrand lawmaker Geert Wilders.
Frans Timmermans told reporters at the Dutch parliament Wednesday that he couldn't confirm reports Saudi Arabia will impose sanctions on the Netherlands to protest Wilders spreading stickers late last year with the words: "Islam is a lie, Muhammad a criminal, the Koran is poison" printed in Arabic on the Saudi flag.
Timmermans says he wants to make clear to Saudi authorities "that the Netherlands has freedom of expression, but that Mr. Wilders' standpoint on this issue — deliberately offending people by manipulating a flag — is absolutely not shared in any way by the Dutch government."
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