TRINIDAD: May 2, 2016: Senator the Honourable Dennis Moses, Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs highlighted the strong bilateral relationship between Trinidad and Tobago and the Netherlands at the reception hosted to commemorate Kings Day by His Excellency Jules Bijl, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Trinidad and Tobago on 27th April, 2016.
During his statement Minister Moses informed of the multifaceted bilateral relationship between both countries which involves cooperation in a number of areas, including trade and economic cooperation and meaningful collaboration in the fields of security, energy, education, sport, culture and technical assistance. He stated that it was his “expectation that this collaboration will only continue to deepen and expand.”
Focussing on the issue of Climate Change, Minister Moses highlighted that the transatlantic span of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, lying partly in Europe and partly in the Caribbean allows them to share with Trinidad and Tobago and the other small islands of the CARICOM region, a keen understanding of the issues of vulnerability and the effects of climate change, as it affect Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Minister Moses also noted the signature by the Netherlands along with Trinidad and Tobago and 172 other countries, of the Paris Climate Change Agreement recently at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, which he pointed out was a watershed moment for humanity today and for generations to come.
