Ben Bot
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"Bernard Rudolf "Ben" Bot" is a Netherlands/Dutch diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He served as Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)/Minister of Foreign Affairs from 3 December 2003 until 22 February 2007 in the Second Balkenende cabinet/Cabinets Balkenende II and Third Balkenende cabinet/III. A career diplomat, he succeed then Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)/Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaap de Hoop Scheffer when he became Secretary General of NATO in 2003.

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We have received additional guarantees. I feel quite at ease with defending this in the Dutch Parliament.

That is a solid, established and well rounded package for a country like Iraq.