The Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bert Koenders will visit the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom and three Latin American countries in the region from May 4 till the following Monday. He will be successively visiting Aruba, Curaçao, St. Maarten, Cuba, Guatemala and Mexico.
Minister Koenders will visit his Cuban counterpart Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parilla, who has visited The Hague for the first time last Friday. The Netherlands acts as a bridge towards Cuba. The countries concluded earlier agreements in which both countries want more decisions to work together. The Netherlands and Cuba have the intention to cooperate in the fields of trade, agriculture, water management, biotechnology, strengthen regional cooperation and multilateral cooperation in the field of human rights and human rights instruments. Recent international developments offer new opportunities for investments, even for Dutch businesses.
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