PHILIPSBURG, WILLEMSTAD - Delegations from the Parliaments of Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten met today for a Tripartite discussion. The goal of today’s meeting was to prepare for the Interparliamentary Kingdom Consultation as well as discuss topics of mutual interest.

Among the topics discussed were, Constitutional Court; Dispute settlement; Current relations within the Kingdom; situation in Venezuela; Collaboration Immigration service of Sint Maarten with the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee and handling immigration in general via ferry; Collaboration in the field of Education more specifically the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate. The meeting was deemed to have been very successful.

The Interparliamentary Kingdom Consultations (IPKO), will commence on January 8, 2018; at 10:00 am with the opening and welcome address by the Chairlady of Parliament and a short speech by each delegation leader.