Ramos visits Netherlands

Ramos visits Netherlands

AMSTERDAM (AFP): President Fidel Ramos of the Philippines began yesterday a three-day official visit to the Netherlands which officials said would be devoted largely to economic issues.

Ramos, accompanied by his wife Amelita and a large delegation of senior officials and businessmen, was greeted on his arrival by Prime Minister Wim Kok.

After an audience with Queen Beatrix, the Philippines president was to have a working lunch at Kok's official residence in The Hague.

He was also scheduled to visit the Dutch parliament for talks with the presidents of the lower and upper chambers, respectively Wim Deetman and Herman Tjeenk Willink, and with members of parliamentary foreign affairs committees.