Honorary knighthood for De Hoop Scheffer
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Add as a favourite source on Google Add DutchNews as a favourite source on GoogleFormer Nato secretary general and Dutch foreign minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has been awarded an honorary knighthood by Britain’s queen Elisabeth for ‘services to Nato’.
De Hoop Scheffer, who was responsible for the Netherlands’ decision to support the US and British-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, stood down as Nato chief in August.
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