THE HAGUE - There will be a 'coherent regional security policy' for the Caribbean part of the Kingdom. This can be read in the introduction file for the new ministers at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The plan is to present the policy in the second half of this year.
“Due to the proximity and historical ties between Venezuela and the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom, the impact of the ongoing crisis in Venezuela is significant. Finally, security is at stake due to regional instability and the resulting smuggling of drugs, weapons and people,” the file said.
It announced that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the Ministries of Defense, Infrastructure and Water Management, Justice and Security and the Interior and Kingdom Relations, “intends to draw up a coherent regional security policy as a follow-up to the AIV's recommendation on Security and the Legal Order in the Caribbean and Insight Crime report on the effects of cross-border crime in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.”
“The Netherlands, together with the international community and the EU, will continue to actively contribute to finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis in Venezuela. In addition, the Netherlands has made contributions in recent years to humanitarian organizations (EUR 2 million this year) that provide support in the region during the migration crisis. Since August 13, renewed negotiations have started between the opposition (Plataforma Unitaria) and the Maduro regime in Mexico. The Netherlands participates as an acompañate (observer/supervisor) of the process, as does Russia,” according to the introduction file.