The Secretary General today met the speaker of the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Ms. Anouchka van Miltenburg.
Topics of discussion included the close cooperation between the EU and the Council of Europe, the crisis in Ukraine and the human rights situation across the continent.
Ms. van Miltenburg and M. Jagland also discussed the budgetary situation of the Council of Europe.
The Secretary General thanked the Netherlands for its commitment to human rights and its continued support to the Council of Europe.