THE HAGUE - It seems out of the question that an agreement will be reached in the Kingdom Council of Ministers today Friday September 11, 2020 about new corona loans to Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten.

Undersecretary Knops said this week in the Parliamentary Committee for Kingdom Relations that this will take weeks. Time is running out: Aruba and Curaçao may no longer be able to meet their payment obligations such as paying civil servants' salaries by the end of this month.

Money from the Netherlands only comes if the countries agree to the conditions of the Netherlands.

Meanwhile Aruba announced that it will reject the demands of the Dutch government since it already found a way to get a loan from international sources.