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On initiative of the government of Aruba, and in particular Prime Minister 
Eman, the Kingdom Symposium has started this morning at the Edward Cheung 
Center for Innovation.  The vision of Prime Minister Eman to make the 
Kingdom a strategic partner dates back from ten years ago.

Consistent with this is that on the 14th of December 2011 in the Netherlands 
the first Kingdom Conference took place following 10/10/10 with participation 
from the Netherlands, and the islands of Aruba, Curacao, and St. Maartin.  
The proposal of Prime Minister Eman during this conference to organize a 
Kingdom Symposium in Aruba was a logical step.  The focus of this symposium 
is do give more content in our relationship with the Kingdom, and to put 
this into practice.  At the Kingdom Conference in the Hague last year, Eman 
spoke about how the countries on the Kingdom need to work more towards 
cooperacion that has to result in recognizing the aggregate value of the 
Kingdom.  In this Aruba has taken the first steps by signing the Arikok 
accord with Curacao and St Maartin in December 2010.  In this accord is 
mentioned a desire to come together for a common vision and to work together 
on many areas.  With this same goal, and once again with the initiative of 
Aruba, they have signed an accord in cooperation with the Netherlands.  
One of the fundamental conclusions, expressed at different occasions by 
Prime Minister Eman, is that not just the government of Aruba, but also 
all the of the governments in the Kingdom should recognize the aggregate 
value that the relationship with Kingdom, and to accentuate this.  A good 
cooperation between the countries of the Kingdom, a large passion of Eman, 
was placed in the conclusions of the conference.  Today in the building of 
the Edward Cheung Center for Innovation, the first symposium of the Kingdom 
took place.  A well-balanced program was put together with participation of 
some excellent speakers.  All spoke about the Kingdom, its value, and where 
we like to reach in our relationship with the Kingdom.  Afterwards, there 
was a panel discussion with the speakers.  Prime Minister Eman opened and 
closed the symposium.