FILE PHOTO: Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrives for a European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday apologised on behalf of the Dutch State for its historical role in slavery, and for consequences that he acknowledged continue into the present day.
"Today I apologise," Rutte said in a nationally televised speech at the Dutch National Archives.
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