He became the Minister of Foreign Trade and Development of Cooperation of the Netherlands Sigrid Kag. At the same time, Rutte stressed on Tuesday, February 13, that Kag will temporarily combine work in two positions.

Let us remind you that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Halbe Zielstra, resigned. As reported URA-Inform, Zailstra decided to resign due to the scandal. On the eve of the official confessed that he had lied about the presence at a meeting with Vladimir Putin in 2006.

Zailstra has repeatedly claimed that 12 years ago, as an employee of the Shell oil and gas company, he attended a meeting with foreign businessmen at Putin's dacha, during which the Russian president spoke of "a great Russia, which should include Belarus, Ukraine and the Baltic countries, and also Kazakhstan.

The minister continues to insist that this conversation did take place: he allegedly learned about his contents from a source who was present at the meeting. Zailstra, in his words, decided to publish the story on his own behalf, so as not to jeopardize the source and his business.