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The Netherlands is allocating 1.3 million euros (about $1.4 million) for setting up a news center that will ensure the cooperation of independent Russian-language media in Europe, the country's Foreign Minister Bert Koenders announced.

The center will enable journalists to exchange news stories and articles in the Russian language, Koenders said in a statement posted on the official Dutch government website on Friday.

According to the foreign minister, the initiative is a continuation of plans put forward at the September 10, 2015 conference in Warsaw.

The conference, convened jointly by Poland and the Netherlands, was attended by 35 European state representatives who discussed pluralism and quality journalism in the Russian language media space.

During the meeting, titled "Free and Objective Media in Eastern Partnership and Beyond," the Netherlands pledged 1.5 million euros ($1.7 million) for a news exchange to help build up a Russian language news agency.