DutchNews.nl,
Monday 24 March 2014
US
president Barack Obama has paid a lightning visit to Amsterdam ahead of the
Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague.
The
president arrived in the Dutch capital by helicopter at 09.30 and was given a
tour of the Rijksmuseum, accompanied by prime minister Mark Rutte and the
city's mayor Eberhard van der Laan.
The
president was also shown the Act of Abjuration or Plakkaat van Verlatinghe,
signed on 26 July 1581, which, according to the Parool, may have influenced the
American Declaration of Independence of 1776.
The Act is
kept in the national archives in The Hague but brought to Amsterdam for the
president's visit, the paper said.
The
president and prime minister spoke to reporters in front of Rembrandt's Night
Watch masterpiece. It was the most impressive backdrop to a press conference he
had had, Obama said.
The
president went on to outline some of the issues he had discussed with Rutte, in
particular the situation in Ukraine. 'Europe and America are united in our
support of the Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian people,' he said. Talks
will continue with other G7 members later on Monday, he said.
World leaders gather in The Hague for nuclear security summit
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US
President Barack Obama speaks in front of Rembrandt's masterpiece
the
"Night Watch" during a joint press conference with the Dutch prime
minister
at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam on March 24, 2014. (AFP Photo/Saul
Loeb)
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World leaders gather in The Hague for nuclear security summit
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| Air Force One landed at Schiphol. (NOS) |
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