This article is from the source 'washpo' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/indonesian-president-joko-widodo-visits-netherlands/2016/04/22/2853c9b6-0864-11e6-bfed-ef65dff5970d_story.html
The article has changed 3 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Indonesian President Joko Widodo visits Netherlands | Indonesian President Joko Widodo visits Netherlands |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo started an official visit to the Netherlands onn Friday with a working breakfast with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and the signing of two pacts intensifying cooperation between their countries. | |
| Widodo’s visit is the first by a leader of the former Dutch colony since Abdurraham Wahid in 2000. In 2010, then-President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono canceled a visit at the last minute amid moves by a separatist group to have him arrested for alleged human rights violations. | |
| Separatists from the Maluku region of Indonesia who have long lived in the Netherlands sought to speak with Widodo during his visit Friday, but said this week that the Dutch government had not responded to their request to set up a meeting. | Separatists from the Maluku region of Indonesia who have long lived in the Netherlands sought to speak with Widodo during his visit Friday, but said this week that the Dutch government had not responded to their request to set up a meeting. |
| After the breakfast at Rutte’s official residence in The Hague, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi signed two memorandums of understanding with the Dutch ministers for education and infrastructure and environment aimed at intensifying cooperation in the fields of maritime industries and higher education and science. | |
| Later Friday, Widodo was visiting a new extension to Rotterdam’s port, giving a speech to business leaders in The Hague and visiting King Willem-Alexander. | |
| Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |