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.