But speaking to veterans at a military base in central Netherlands on Saturday, Mr Rutte accepted troops of the Dutchbat III peacekeeping force had struggled because “your mandate, your equipment and the military support you received during your mission were all inadequate” for a mission “that ultimately proved impossible to carry out”.
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