WILLEMSTAD – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte hopes that many contracts will be signed by the business community in the slipstream of his upcoming visit to Curaçao, Bonaire and Aruba.

The prime minister said today during his weekly press conference in Nieuwspoort after the Council of Ministers in front of the Dutch parliamentary press. "On Sunday I will go to Bonaire, Curaçao and Aruba for a visit with a strong economic accent. I have talks with all officials, the governors, prime ministers and other directors. But I also take 40 companies to the Bon Bini for Business Summit in Curaçao which hopefully will lead to many new contacts and new contracts. That is in the interests of the islands, but also of the Netherlands. It underlines once more the modernization of relations within the Kingdom. "

Rutte is on Sunday in Bonaire, Monday in Curaçao and Tuesday in Aruba. Undersecretary Raymond Knops of Kingdom Relations travels with the Prime Minister.