King Willem-Alexander inspects a guard of honour with President
Widodo SPLASH NEWS
The
King of the Netherlands has apologised for “excessive violence” which included
massacres and summary executions during the Indonesian war for independence 75
years ago.
Willem-Alexander is making his
first official visit as head of state to Indonesia. He expressed his regret for
the conduct of the Dutch military during the war, from 1945 to 1949, as he
stood beside President Widodo at the Indonesian leader’s official residence, a
former colonial building in Bogor, outside Jakarta.
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