Ambassador Hoekstra engages with students of the 4e Gymnasium in Amsterdam

Ambassador Hoekstra speaks to students of the 4e Gymnasium, Amsterdam
15-year old Just Pallandt initiated a visit of Ambassador Hoekstra to the 4e Gymnasium in Amsterdam.
15-year old Just Pallandt invited Ambassador Hoekstra for a visit to the 4e Gymnasium in Amsterdam, with the full support of school principal Hetty Mulder.

Fifteen-year-old Just Pallandt, initiated a high-profile visit by inviting Ambassador Pete Hoekstra to the 4e Gymnasium in Amsterdam.

The Ambassador spoke to a group of 140 students from this secondary school about his personal background, the strong relations between the Netherlands and the United States, economic and security challenges we are facing, and the upcoming Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2019 in The Hague. After that, the Ambassador answered several questions from the students.

Ambassador Hoekstra sent out the following tweet at the end of the event: “It was a great pleasure to talk with high school students at the 4th Gymnasium in Amsterdam about matters that bind us as well as challenges we face together.”