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Archive photograph, for illustration. Portrait of D66 parliamentary party leader Rob Jetten.

King to visit Sint Eustatius without Jetten amid political situation

Archive photograph, for illustration. Portrait of D66 parliamentary party leader Rob Jetten. · 2019 · Martijn Beekman · CC BY 4.0
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King Willem-Alexander will go to Sint Eustatius without Prime Minister Rob Jetten, who has cancelled his visit amid the Netherlands’ “current political situation”, according to the Government Information Service.

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King Willem-Alexander will travel to Sint Eustatius on Sunday without Prime Minister Rob Jetten, who has withdrawn from the visit because of what the Government Information Service called the “current political situation”, Nieuws.nl reports.

The King will continue with the original programme, including Monday’s Statia Day commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the First Salute. He is due to give a speech at the event. A previous report on the planned commemoration said Jetten and State Secretary Eric van der Burg were also expected to attend.

Jetten spent Friday in crisis talks with Dilan Yeşilgöz of the VVD and Bart van den Brink of the CDA, and is due to continue discussions with the three coalition parties over the coming days, Nieuws.nl reported.

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