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Dutch gov. to pay for Chinese embassy repairs
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-07-07 22:09

THE HAGUE, Netherlands: The Dutch government says it will pay for repairs to China's embassy in The Hague, which was damaged in a protest by about 150 Xinjiang separatists supporters in the wake of riots in northwest China.

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Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen has apologized to China's top diplomat in the Netherlands for the violence, mostly members of the Muslim Uighur ethnic group living in Holland.

Police arrested 142 separatist supporters Monday when they stoned the embassy and clambering up the railings that surround the building. Most were released late Monday but police kept 39 in cells overnight.

Police cordoned off the area in front of the embassy Tuesday. Many of the building's front windows were smashed.