Looking Forward Closely to Work Together to Advance India-Netherlands Partnership: PM Modi

• By Thetripurapost Desk, New Delhi
• Jul 03, 2024
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The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi  congratulated Dick Schoof on assuming  the new Dutch government was sworn in at Huis ten Bosch Palace on Tuesday.

"Looking forward to closely working together to advance India-Netherlands partnership including in the areas of renewable energy, water management, agriculture, mobility, new and emerging technology," PM Modi posted on X.

The new government is a coalition of the Freedom Party (PVV), the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), 

New Social Contract (NSC) and the Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB), and consists of 16 ministers and 13 state secretaries.

The swearing-in ceremony in the presence of King Willem-Alexander marks the official entry into office of the Schoof government.

The country's former PM, Mark Rutte has been appointed as the next Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and will assume his duties on October 1 after Jens Stoltenberg's term expires