Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, left, and Holland's Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen, right, hold a joint press conference following their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Verhagen said Syrian President Bashar Assad told him Syria wants to renew the indirect talks with Israel that were broken off late last year. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, left, and Holland's Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen, right, hold a joint press conference following their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Verhagen said Syrian President Bashar Assad told him Syria wants to renew the indirect talks with Israel that were broken off late last year.

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  1. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, left, and his Dutch counterpart Maxime Verhagen, right, give a brief statement prior to their meeting in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.
  2. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 12: Minister for European Affairs, Frans Timmermans (L) and Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maxime Verhagen (R) speak at the opening celebration of a major new exhibition - 'New Amsterdam: The Island at the Center of the World' at the South Street Seaport Museum on September 12, 2009 in New York City.

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  1. Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store (R) watches as his counterpart from the Netherlands Maxime Verhagen sits down at the start of a NATO-Ukraine foreign ministers joint meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, December 3, 2009.
  2. Netherland's foreign minister Maxime Verhagen (R) welcomes Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman in the Hague on November 11, 2009. Lieberman is on a visist in a bid to strengthen ties with the European Union.
  3. A woman, holding a roll of toilet paper with a picture of Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and a text reading "zionist ethnic cleansing paper, the strongest!", shouts slogans protesting against Lieberman's visit and meeitings with Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen and members of parliament in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.
  4. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, left, and his Dutch counterpart Maxime Verhagen, right, give a brief statement prior to their meeting in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.
  5. Iranian human rights lawyer Shadi Sadr (R) smiles after being presented with the 2009 Human Rights Defenders Tulip by Dutch foreign minister Maxime Verhagen (L) in The Hague on November 9, 2009. Iranian lawyer and journalist Shadi Sadr was awarded a Dutch human rights prize, worth up to 110,000 euros, for her fight against stoning as punishment, the Dutch foreign ministry said.
  6. Iranian lawyer and activist Shadi Sadr, left, is applauded after she received the Dutch Human Rights Tulip award from Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen, right, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Verhagen praised Sadr, who lobbies for women's rights in Iran, as "an ordinary woman who has extraordinary deeds to her credit."
  7. Iranian lawyer and activist Shadi Sadr, right, receives the Dutch Human Rights Tulip award from Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen, left, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Verhagen praised Sadr, who lobbies for women's rights in Iran, as "an ordinary woman who has extraordinary deeds to her credit."
  8. Iranian lawyer and activist Shadi Sadr, right, receives the Dutch Human Rights Tulip award from Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen, left, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Verhagen praised Sadr, who lobbies for women's rights in Iran, as "an ordinary woman who has extraordinary deeds to her credit."
  9. Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen (R) gives a press conference with his new German counterpart Guido Westerwelle after their meeting on November 2, 2009 in the Hague. The Netherlands is the first foreign destination of Westerwelle, who was sworn in on October 28.
  10. Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen (R) gives a press conference with his new German counterpart Guido Westerwelle after their meeting on November 2, 2009 in the Hague. The Netherlands is the first foreign destination of Westerwelle, who was sworn in on October 28.
  11. Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen (R) welcomes his new German counterpart Guido Westerwelle on November 2, 2009 in the Hague. The Netherlands is the first foreign destination of Westerwelle, who was sworn in on October 28.
  12. (FromL) Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet of Estonia, Maris Riekstins of Latvia, Maxime Verhagen of The Netherlands and Vygaudas Usackas of Lithuania chat on October 12, 2009 prior the meeting of Baltic and Benelux Foreign Ministers held in Vilnius.
  13. (FromL) Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen of The Netherlands, Jean Asselborn of Luxembourg and Urmas Paet of Estonia chat on October 12, 2009 prior the meeting of Baltic and Benelux Foreign Ministers held in Vilnius.
  14. (L to R) Latvia Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands Maxime Verhagen, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas speak prior a meeting of Baltic and Benelux Foreign Ministers held in Vilnius on October 12, 2009.
  15. (L to R) Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, Latvia Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins , Foreign Minister of the Netherlands Maxime Verhagen and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas speak prior a meeting of Baltic and Benelux Foreign Ministers held in Vilnius on October 12, 2009.
  16. (FromL) Minister of Foreign Affairs Yves Leterme of Belgium, Maris Riekstins of Latvia, Vygaudas Usackas of Lithuania, Maxime Verhagen of The Netherlands, Jean Asselborn of Luxembourg and Urmas Paet of Estonia pose for a family picture on October 12, 2009 prior the meeting of Baltic and Benelux Foreign Ministers held in Vilnius.

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