Netherlands–Venezuela relations
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Netherlands–Venezuelan relations are the bilateral relations between the Netherlands and Venezuela.
History
Diplomatic relations between the governments of the Netherlands and Venezuela were established in 1921 following a treaty to that effect concluded at Caracas on 11 May 1920.[1] Relations between the two governments were strained, since the Venezuelan navy seized some Dutch ships during the First World War –even though the Dutch government remained neutral– and in that treaty, the Venezuelan government agreed to pay the Dutch government 20,000 Bolivars as indemnity for seizure of those ships.[citation needed]
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In January 2010, the Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende dismissed the allegations of Chávez that US war planes were being deployed as part of a planned attack during a television interview, showing a photograph of a US P3 warplane as proof. According to Balkenende, the planes were being used to combat drug trafficking and the picture had been "taken from Wikipedia" and was dated from 2002.[2]
In 2019, recently arrived Venezuelan refugees in Aruba were estimated to number around 17,000, accounting for some 15% of the island’s population.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Text in League of Nations Treaty Series, vol. 7, pp. 86–95.
- ^ Mock, Vanessa (22 January 2010). "Stop talking nonsense, Dutch PM tells Chávez". Radio Netherlands. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ "HIAS in Aruba".