Dutch gov't accepts French offer for nuclear weapons cooperation

THE HAGUE, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The Dutch government on Monday accepted France's offer to discuss closer cooperation on nuclear weapons, the country's defense and foreign ministers said in an open letter.

"This offers the Netherlands an opportunity to reinforce the European dimension of nuclear deterrence together with our NATO allies," Minister of Defense Dilan Yesilgoz-Zegerius and Minister of Foreign Affairs T