AMSTERDAM - The Dutch government on Thursday cancelled a trade mission to Saudi Arabia next month due to concerns over the disappearance of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a spokeswoman said.
"All trade missions to the country have been suspended for now", a spokeswoman for PSPS Consultants, which had organised the trip for the government, told Reuters.
The decision came minutes after finance minister Wopke Hoekstra said he was scrapping plans to attend a conference in Saudi Arabia next week.
(Reporting by Bart Meijer Editing by Gareth Jones) ((Bart.Meijer@thomsonreuters.com; +31 20 504 5006; Reuters Messaging: bart.meijer@thomsonreuters.com))
