The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the Netherlands' ministry responsible for foreign relations, foreign policy, international development, international trade, diaspora and matters dealing with the European Union, NATO and the Benelux Union. The ministry was created in 1798, as the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Batavian Republic. In 1876, it became the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Country
- Netherlands
- Headquarters
- The Hague, Rijnstraat 8
- Inception
- March 12, 1798
- Website
- https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/ministerie-van-buitenlandse-zaken, https://www.government.nl/ministries/ministry-of-foreign-affairs
