On Friday morning Minister of Finance Hon. Hiro Shigemoto updated Dutch State Secretary of Finance Hon. Frans Weekers about the agreement that was concluded Thursday evening between Sint Maarten and the Dutch public entities of Saba and St. Eustatius with respect to GEBE.
The Minister said that Weekers welcomed the news and that he pledged once again to support positive developments for the BES Islands and Sint Maarten.
The establishment of a Petite Committee of Experts from the Netherlands and Sint Maarten will still take place Minister of Finance Shigemoto said on Friday from The Hague, but that it will have one less issue to deal with, that of GEBE.
"Weekers understand that some issues will take time to sort out and is of the opinion that the committee of experts is the correct approach to take.
"One of the issues is Windward Islands Airways (WINAIR) where the Dutch public entities of Saba and St. Eustatius have shares," Minister of Finance Hon. Hiro Shigemoto said on Friday morning.
Minister of Finance Hon. Hiro Shigemoto met with Dutch State Secretary of Finance Hon. Frans Weekers on Wednesday, where they discussed a number of issues.
Once the Petite Committee of Experts present their findings on options on how to resolve the open issues that exists between Sint Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius, the Governments of Holland and Sint Maarten will meet to take the political decisions.