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Netherlands–United States relations
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Diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the United States started in 1776 with the first salute at St. Eustatius's Fort Oranje and continues to this day as one of the oldest continual bilateral alliances in the western world.[1] Today they are described as "excellent" by the United States Department of State[2] and "close" by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.[3] Founding members of North Atlantic Treaty Organization and allies since 1782, it is considered one of the strongest military and economic alliances in contemporary history.[4]
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Diplomatic mission | |
Dutch Embassy, Washington, D.C. | United States Embassy, The Hague |
Envoy | |
Ambassador André Haspels | Ambassador Shefali Razdan Duggal |
As the two were never at war or in serious conflict U.S. President Ronald Reagan referred to the alliance in 1982 as "the longest unbroken, peaceful relationship that we have had with any other nation."[5] In 2011 U.S. President Barack Obama reaffirmed that "we have no stronger ally than the Netherlands".[6] In 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump remarked that "the relationship with the Netherlands has never been better than it is now".[7] The two countries have been allies in recent decades in military, anti-terrorism, anti-piracy and peacekeeping missions. They are also the third largest (from the Netherlands to the United States) and largest (from the United States to the Netherlands) direct foreign investors in each other's economies.