Türkiye summons Danish, Dutch envoys over Quran desecration


By Tian Ye

ANKARA, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned envoys of Denmark and the Netherlands over the continued desecration of the Islamic holy book of Quran, Türkiye's semi-official Anadolu Agency reported.

The ministry voiced its dissatisfaction with the "vile attacks" to the charge d'affaires of the Danish Embassy to Türkiye and the minister counselor of the Netherlands in Ankara, the agency quoted Turkish diplomatic sources as saying.

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