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href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Minister responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Caspar_Veldkamp" title="Caspar Veldkamp">Caspar Veldkamp</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Ministers_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands">Minister of <span class="nowrap">Foreign Affairs</span></a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy Minister responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Reinette_Klever" title="Reinette Klever">Reinette Klever</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Foreign_Trade_and_Development_Aid_(Netherlands)" title="Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Aid (Netherlands)">Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Aid</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ministry executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Christiaan_Rebergen" title="Christiaan Rebergen">Christiaan Rebergen</a>, Secretary-General</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.government.nl/ministries/ministry-of-foreign-affairs">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ministry of Foreign Affairs</b> (Dutch: <i lang="nl">Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken</i>; BZ) is the <a href="/wiki/Ministries_of_the_Netherlands" title="Ministries of the Netherlands">Netherlands' ministry</a> responsible for <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Netherlands" title="Foreign relations of the Netherlands">foreign relations</a>, foreign policy, international development, international trade, <a href="/wiki/Diaspora" title="Diaspora">diaspora</a> and matters dealing with the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>, <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Benelux_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Benelux Union">Benelux Union</a>. The ministry was created in 1798, as the Department of Foreign Affairs of the <a href="/wiki/Batavian_Republic" title="Batavian Republic">Batavian Republic</a>. In 1876, it became the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_the_Netherlands" title="Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">head</a> of the ministry and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_Netherlands" title="Cabinet of the Netherlands">cabinet of the Netherlands</a>, the incumbent minister is <a href="/wiki/Caspar_Veldkamp" title="Caspar Veldkamp">Caspar Veldkamp</a>. 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href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Netherlands)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ministry was formed in 1798 as the Department of Foreign Affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 1965 a special Minister for International Development has been appointed in each government with the exception of the <a href="/wiki/First_Balkenende_cabinet" title="First Balkenende cabinet">First Balkenende cabinet</a> and the <a href="/wiki/First_Rutte_cabinet" title="First Rutte cabinet">First Rutte cabinet</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Responsibilities">Responsibilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Netherlands)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Responsibilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ministry is responsible for the foreign relations of the Netherlands and its responsibilities are as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>to maintain relations with other countries and international organisations.</li> <li>to promote cooperation with other countries.</li> <li>to help developing countries accelerate their social and economic development through international cooperation.</li> <li>to promote the interests of Dutch nationals and the Netherlands abroad.</li> <li>to collect information on other countries and international developments for the Government and other interested parties.</li> <li>to provide information on Dutch policy and the Netherlands' position on international issues and developments.</li> <li>to present the 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The ministry consists of four directorates-general, which deal with a particular policy area:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The Directorate-General for Political Affairs is concerned with peace, security and human rights. This includes the EU's <a href="/wiki/Common_Foreign_and_Security_Policy" title="Common Foreign and Security Policy">Common Foreign and Security Policy</a>, the political role of <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> and the guidance for embassies and other diplomatic missions.</li> <li>The Directorate-General for European Cooperation concerns itself with the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>. It is responsible for Dutch relations with EU members and candidate countries. It also coordinates policy in other regional organisations like the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a>, the <a href="/wiki/OECD" title="OECD">OECD</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Benelux" title="Benelux">Benelux</a> .</li> <li>The Directorate-General for International Cooperation is responsible for <a href="/wiki/International_development" title="International development">international development</a>, in line with the four Dutch priorities of water, security and the rule of law, food security and <a href="/wiki/Sexual_and_reproductive_health_and_rights" title="Sexual and reproductive health and rights">sexual and reproductive health and rights</a>.</li> <li>The Directorate-General for Foreign Economic Relations promotes the interests of Dutch businesses abroad and helps shape the Dutch contribution to the global economic order.</li></ul> <p>The Netherlands has about 140 diplomatic missions abroad,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> see <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_the_Netherlands" title="List of diplomatic missions of the Netherlands">list of diplomatic missions of the Netherlands</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_Institute_for_Communication_and_Development">International Institute for Communication and Development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Netherlands)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: International Institute for Communication and Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Netherlands)" title="Special:EditPage/Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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IICD's aim was to support <a href="/wiki/Sustainable_development" title="Sustainable development">sustainable development</a> through the use of information and communication technologies (<a href="/wiki/Information_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Information Technology">ICTs</a>), notably <a href="/wiki/Computers" class="mw-redirect" title="Computers">computers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a>. </p><p>The institute, which was based in <a href="/wiki/The_Hague" title="The Hague">The Hague</a>, was active in nine <a href="/wiki/Developing_country" title="Developing country">developing countries</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burkina_Faso" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a>. 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IICD received funding from the Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Netherlands, the UK <a href="/wiki/Department_for_International_Development" title="Department for International Development">Department for International Development</a> (DFID) and the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Agency_for_Development_and_Cooperation" title="Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation">Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation</a> (SDC), amongst others. </p><p>IICD ceased operations on 31 December 2015. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Netherlands)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_the_Netherlands" title="Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands">Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Netherlands)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rijksfinancien.nl/visuals/2023/begroting/uitgaven">"Visuals – Ministerie van Financiën - Rijksoverheid"</a>. <i>Rijksoverheid</i>. 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title="Van Hall-Donker Curtius cabinet (page does not exist)">Van Hall-Donker Curtius</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Van_der_Brugghen_cabinet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Van der Brugghen cabinet (page does not exist)">Van der Brugghen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rochussen_cabinet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rochussen cabinet (page does not exist)">Rochussen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Van_Hall%E2%80%93Van_Heemstra_cabinet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Van Hall–Van Heemstra cabinet (page does not exist)">Van Hall–Van Heemstra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Van_Zuylen_van_Nijevelt%E2%80%93Van_Heemstra_cabinet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Van Zuylen van Nijevelt–Van Heemstra cabinet (page does not exist)">Van Zuylen van Nijevelt–Van Heemstra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_Thorbecke_cabinet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Second Thorbecke cabinet (page does not exist)">Thorbecke II</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fransen_van_de_Putte_cabinet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fransen van de Putte cabinet (page does not exist)">Fransen van de Putte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Zuylen_van_Nijevelt_cabinet" title="Van Zuylen van Nijevelt cabinet">Van Zuylen van Nijevelt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Bosse%E2%80%93Fock_cabinet" title="Van Bosse–Fock cabinet">Van Bosse–Fock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Thorbecke_cabinet" title="Third Thorbecke cabinet">Thorbecke III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Vries%E2%80%93Fransen_van_de_Putte_cabinet" title="De Vries–Fransen van de Putte cabinet">De Vries–Fransen van de Putte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heemskerk%E2%80%93Van_Lynden_van_Sandenburg_cabinet" title="Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg cabinet">Heemskerk–Van Lynden van Sandenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kappeyne_van_de_Coppello_cabinet" title="Kappeyne van de Coppello cabinet">Kappeyne van de Coppello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Lynden_van_Sandenburg_cabinet" title="Van Lynden van Sandenburg cabinet">Van Lynden van Sandenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Heemskerk_cabinet" title="Jan Heemskerk cabinet">J. Heemskerk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackay_cabinet" title="Mackay cabinet">Mackay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Tienhoven_cabinet" title="Van Tienhoven cabinet">Van Tienhoven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%B6ell_cabinet" title="Röell cabinet">Röell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierson_cabinet" title="Pierson cabinet">Pierson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuyper_cabinet" title="Kuyper cabinet">Kuyper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Meester_cabinet" title="De Meester cabinet">De Meester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theo_Heemskerk_cabinet" title="Theo Heemskerk cabinet">T. Heemskerk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cort_van_der_Linden_cabinet" title="Cort van der Linden cabinet">Cort van der Linden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Ruijs_de_Beerenbrouck_cabinet" title="First Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet">Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Ruijs_de_Beerenbrouck_cabinet" title="Second Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet">Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Colijn_cabinet" title="First Colijn cabinet">Colijn I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_De_Geer_cabinet" title="First De Geer cabinet">De Geer I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Ruijs_de_Beerenbrouck_cabinet" title="Third Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet">Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Colijn_cabinet" title="Second Colijn cabinet">Colijn II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Colijn_cabinet" title="Third Colijn cabinet">Colijn III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Colijn_cabinet" title="Fourth Colijn cabinet">Colijn IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Colijn_cabinet" title="Fifth Colijn cabinet">Colijn V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_De_Geer_cabinet" title="Second De Geer cabinet">De Geer II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Gerbrandy_cabinet" title="First Gerbrandy cabinet">Gerbrandy I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Gerbrandy_cabinet" title="Second Gerbrandy cabinet">Gerbrandy II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Gerbrandy_cabinet" title="Third Gerbrandy cabinet">Gerbrandy III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schermerhorn%E2%80%93Drees_cabinet" title="Schermerhorn–Drees cabinet">Schermerhorn–Drees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Beel_cabinet" title="First Beel cabinet">Beel I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drees%E2%80%93Van_Schaik_cabinet" title="Drees–Van Schaik cabinet">Drees–Van Schaik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Drees_cabinet" title="First Drees cabinet">Drees I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Drees_cabinet" title="Second Drees cabinet">Drees II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Drees_cabinet" title="Third Drees cabinet">Drees III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Beel_cabinet" title="Second Beel cabinet">Beel II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Quay_cabinet" title="De Quay cabinet">De Quay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marijnen_cabinet" title="Marijnen cabinet">Marijnen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cals_cabinet" title="Cals cabinet">Cals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zijlstra_cabinet" title="Zijlstra cabinet">Zijlstra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Jong_cabinet" title="De Jong cabinet">De Jong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Biesheuvel_cabinet" title="First Biesheuvel cabinet">Biesheuvel I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Biesheuvel_cabinet" title="Second Biesheuvel cabinet">Biesheuvel II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Den_Uyl_cabinet" title="Den Uyl cabinet">Den Uyl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Van_Agt_cabinet" title="First Van Agt cabinet">Van Agt I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Van_Agt_cabinet" title="Second Van Agt cabinet">Van Agt II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Van_Agt_cabinet" title="Third Van Agt cabinet">Van Agt III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Lubbers_cabinet" title="First Lubbers cabinet">Lubbers I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Lubbers_cabinet" title="Second Lubbers cabinet">Lubbers II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Lubbers_cabinet" title="Third Lubbers cabinet">Lubbers III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Kok_cabinet" title="First Kok cabinet">Kok I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Kok_cabinet" title="Second Kok cabinet">Kok II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Balkenende_cabinet" title="First Balkenende cabinet">Balkenende I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Balkenende_cabinet" title="Second Balkenende cabinet">Balkenende II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Balkenende_cabinet" title="Third Balkenende cabinet">Balkenende III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Balkenende_cabinet" title="Fourth Balkenende cabinet">Balkenende IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Rutte_cabinet" title="First Rutte cabinet">Rutte I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Rutte_cabinet" title="Second Rutte cabinet">Rutte II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Rutte_cabinet" title="Third Rutte cabinet">Rutte III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Rutte_cabinet" title="Fourth Rutte cabinet">Rutte IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schoof_cabinet" title="Schoof cabinet">Schoof</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Portal:Politics" title="Portal:Politics">Portal:Politics</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Foreign_affairs_ministries_of_the_world108" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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id="Foreign_affairs_ministries_of_the_world108" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_foreign_affairs" title="Ministry of foreign affairs">Foreign affairs ministries of the world</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Algeria)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Algeria)">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Relations_(Angola)" title="Ministry of External Relations (Angola)">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_African_Integration_(Benin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and African Integration (Benin)">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_International_Cooperation_(Botswana)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Botswana)">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Relations_and_International_Cooperation_(Burundi)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of External Relations and International Cooperation (Burundi)">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Egypt)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Egypt)">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_International_Cooperation_(Equatorial_Guinea)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Equatorial Guinea)">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Eritrea)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Eritrea)">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_International_Cooperation_(Eswatini)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Eswatini)">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Ethiopia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ethiopia)">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Kenya)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kenya)">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_International_Relations_(Lesotho)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations (Lesotho)">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Liberia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Liberia)">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Mauritania)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mauritania)">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs,_African_Cooperation_and_Moroccan_Expatriates" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs,_Cooperation_and_African_Integration" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Nigeria)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Nigeria)">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Cooperation_(Rwanda)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Rwanda)">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs,_Cooperation_and_Communities" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Seychelles)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Seychelles)">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_International_Cooperation_(Sierra_Leone)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Sierra Leone)">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Somalia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Somalia)">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Somaliland)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Somaliland)">Somaliland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_International_Relations_and_Cooperation" title="Department of International Relations and Cooperation">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_International_Cooperation_(South_Sudan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (South Sudan)">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Sudan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sudan)">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_East_African_Cooperation" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Tunisia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Tunisia)">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Uganda)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uganda)">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Zambia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Zambia)">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Zimbabwe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Zimbabwe)">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs,_Trade_and_Barbuda_Affairs" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Barbuda Affairs">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Worship" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Bahamas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bahamas)">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs,_Foreign_Trade_and_International_Business_(Barbados)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business (Barbados)">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Belize)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Belize)">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Bolivia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bolivia)">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Brazil)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brazil)">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Affairs_Canada" title="Global Affairs Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Chile)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chile)">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Colombia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Worship_(Costa_Rica)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship (Costa Rica)">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Cuba)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cuba)">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Relations_(Dominican_Republic)" title="Ministry of External Relations (Dominican Republic)">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Guatemala)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Guatemala)">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Guyana)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Guyana)">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Haiti)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Haiti)">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Foreign_Trade_(Jamaica)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Jamaica)">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Mexico)" title="Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Peru)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Peru)">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saint Kitts and Nevis)">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Relations_(Uruguay)" title="Ministry of Foreign Relations (Uruguay)">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Venezuela)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Venezuela)">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Afghanistan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan)">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Bahrain)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bahrain)">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Bangladesh)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh)">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Bhutan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bhutan)">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Brunei)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brunei)">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_International_Cooperation_(Cambodia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Cambodia)">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(China)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (China)">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Indonesia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Indonesia)">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran)">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Iraq)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iraq)">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Israel)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Japan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Kazakhstan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kazakhstan)">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Kuwait)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kuwait)">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Kyrgyzstan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kyrgyzstan)">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Laos)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Laos)">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Emigrants_(Lebanon)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants (Lebanon)">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Malaysia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Malaysia)">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Maldives)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Maldives)">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Myanmar)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Myanmar)">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Mongolia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mongolia)">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Nepal)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Nepal)">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(North_Korea)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (North Korea)">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Oman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Oman)">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Pakistan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Philippines)" title="Department of Foreign Affairs (Philippines)">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Qatar)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Qatar)">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Saudi_Arabia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia)">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Singapore)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore)">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(South_Korea)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (South Korea)">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka)">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Expatriates_(Syria)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Syria)">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Taiwan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Taiwan)">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_the_Republic_of_Tajikistan" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Thailand)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Thailand)">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Cooperation_(Timor-Leste)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Timor-Leste)">Timor-Leste</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Turkey)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Turkmenistan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkmenistan)">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Uzbekistan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uzbekistan)">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Denmark)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Estonia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Estonia)">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_for_Foreign_Affairs_(Finland)" title="Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Finland)">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_for_Europe_and_Foreign_Affairs_(France)" title="Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_Georgia" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Foreign_Office" title="Federal Foreign Office">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Greece)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greece)">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_for_Foreign_Affairs_(Iceland)" title="Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Iceland)">Iceland</a></li> <li><a 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