President Karis will meet His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Prime Minister Rob Jetten in The Hague. The topics of discussion at the meetings will include strengthening the bilateral relations between Estonia and the Netherlands in the fields of security and defence as well as innovation, investment and trade. Attention will also be given to continued strong support for Ukraine and transatlantic relations.
The visit will start on Wednesday in Utrecht, where President Karis will meet the city’s Mayor and visit the Science Park and Genmab, a leading biotech company based in Utrecht. He will also visit the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Research and Technology Centre in Noordwijk and meet the Estonian specialists working there. The President and his wife will visit the Princess Máxima Center for Paediatric Oncology in Utrecht, the largest of its kind in Europe.
President Karis will visit the Peace Palace in The Hague, which houses the Permanent Court of Arbitration and the International Court of Justice, and meet with the local Estonian community and honorary consuls at the Estonian Embassy. At the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Estonian Head of State will give a lecture on the state of European security and the challenges of the coming decade.
President Karis and Sirje Karis will be returning to Estonia late on Thursday evening.
