Story highlights France asked Dutch police to arrest a 32-year-old man linked to the arrest of Reda Kriket

Kriket is accused of plotting a terror plot that was in an "advanced stage," the interior minister says

The interior minister congratulates Dutch and French police for foiling "an attack on our soil"

(CNN) Dutch police arrested a 32-year-old French citizen allegedly linked to Reda Kriket, a man accused of plotting a terror attack against France.

The 32-year-old man, who was not identified, was arrested Sunday in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, officials said. The French Justice Ministry requested the man's arrest Sunday, Dutch police said.

The French citizen is suspected of involvement in planning a terror attack. It's not clear why he was in the Netherlands, but Dutch police said they expect to hand over the man to France "soon."

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve congratulated French and Dutch police for arrests that "foil(ed) an attack on our soil."

Thwarted plot was in 'advanced stage'