The Embassy of the Netherlands in Russia warned farmers participating in the Russian cheese festival “Cheese. Eid al-Adha. Pir”, from the use of the names of the varieties of cheese “Gouda”, “Maasdam” and “Edam”.
For her part, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on the request of the Dutch Embassy in post for her, her telegram channelAddressing the Russian Cheese Festival, she wrote: “Don’t worry, they dropped the name (Netherlands) earlier to (change the image of the country) and (to repeat the influx of tourists).”
The cheese festival will be held in the village of Dubrovskoye, one of the districts of Moscow, the city of Astra, from August 5 to 7, where, as part of this event, a competition will be held to determine the “best cheese in Russia”. . In recent years, the cheese industry in Russia has made a huge qualitative leap.
The Netherlands officially stopped referring to Holland as Holland in 2020 to improve its international standing, after using the name in official documents for over a quarter of a century. According to the authorities of the Netherlands, this move was dictated by the marketing plan for international tourism.
The word “Holland” comes from the word Holt, which means trees, and lands, which means earth, which means “land of trees”.
Source: Telegram