Honourable Prime Minister Sarah Wescot Williams has a busy schedule for Thursday and Friday as her working visit to The Netherlands continues despite a one-day delay when her Air France flight that was scheduled to leave on Sunday was cancelled due to technical problems.
The presentation at the Clingendael Institute entitled, "En route to the autonomous Sint Maarten," which was scheduled for Monday will be rescheduled for the summer.
The Clingendael Institute is an organization that studies international relations.
Upon her arrival in the Netherlands on Tuesday morning the prime minister had lunch with French Ambassador Jean – Francois Blarel.
The Ambassador will visit the island mid-April as a follow-up to Tuesday’s discussions to continue deliberations of common interests between the North and South sides of the island. One of the areas high on the list is the combating of crime. In May treaties and agreements with respect to Dutch-French relations will be vetted.
Later in the day on Tuesday the prime minister along with Sint Maarten’s Minister of Plenipotentiary Hon. Mathias Voges met with Her Majesty Queen Beatrix at Palace Noordeinde.
On Wednesday afternoon, the prime minister will meet with Dutch Minister of Interior Affairs and Kingdom Relations Piet Donner. Later that day, Hon. Prime Minister will do the honours in officially opening the Sint Maarten House.
On Thursday afternoon Prime Minister Sarah Wescot will meet with the Chairlady of the Dutch Second Chamber of Parliament G.A. Verbeet. This will be followed by a meeting with Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs U. Rosenthal.
Friday morning entails a visit to the company that represents the Sint Maarten Tourist Bureau in Voorschoten; in the afternoon a visit to S4 Sint Maarten Student Support Services office in Amsterdam; and in the evening, the prime minister will give a presentation to the Association Antillean Network (VAN) in Amsterdam.
The prime minister will elaborate on the journey taken to achieve country status and thereafter will answer questions from the audience.
The prime minister left the island on Monday and is accompanied by one member of her cabinet, namely Emilia Thomas. The delegation is scheduled to return on March 19.