Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte acknowledges role of the Dutch state in enabling and profiting from slavery for 250 years, but advocates say King Willem-Alexander should deliver the apology instead
Rutte's apology comes amid a wider reconsideration of the country's colonial past, including efforts to return looted art.
"For centuries the Dutch state and its representatives have enabled and stimulated slavery and have profited from it. The apology comes amid a wider reconsideration of the country's colonial past, including efforts to return looted art. "It takes two to tango - apologies have to be received," said Roy Kaikusi Groenberg of the Honor and Recovery Foundation, a Dutch Afro-Surinamese organisation.
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