Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:51 pm on 9 May 2017.
Last week’s language was undiplomatic. I think both sides, actually, were guilty of posturing and that needs to come to an end. This is not a war. Nobody has invaded anybody else. We’re not about to face each other, to stare at each other over the channel or, indeed, across the Irish border. We want to be friends and allies and trading partners at the end of the day. We’ve already started looking at our international policy, in particular where we need to beef up our international presence. We know we’ve been successful. The Qatar Airways flight is another example of where Welsh Government has been able to support the airport to get that route, but the next stage forward is for us to make sure that we look to having sufficient presence and an increased presence in those markets that will become important to us.