Great Bay (DCOMM):--- Minister of Plenipotentiary Mathias Voges along with the Aruba Minister of Plenipotentiary Edwin Abath was welcomed by the Commissioner of the Queen in Overijssel Ank Bijleveld-Schouten at the Nijenhuis Castle in Heino.
Approximately 80 persons that included ministers, politicians as well as Pieter van Vollenhoven, attended the reception "Spring in Overijssel."
Minister Voges thanked Bijleveld-Schouten for her input in the dismantling process of the former Netherlands Antilles when she served as State Secretary for the Netherlands. Minister Voges presented her with a small gift on behalf of Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams.