The Welsh Government's International Relations Strategy

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for International Relations and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 2:52 pm on 8 January 2020.

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Photo of Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Labour 2:52, 8 January 2020

Thank you. Well, we have had long conversations with the sector, they've certainly been very involved in helping us to develop the strategy, and I do think we should be proud of our record in terms of promoting peace from Wales. As you say, the Urdd's message to the world annually is something that I think we should be really proud of and something that we should be celebrating, certainly when they celebrate that centenary in 2021.

In terms of the other things that we're anxious to develop, Llangollen international festival—we mustn't forget that was initially established with very much a peace message involved with it. That is something I know the First Minister's very keen to see if we can reinvigorate, and we've been speaking to the organisers there to see if that can be put more centre stage once again.

I know also that Mererid Hopwood has made great strides in developing the peace academy now, working with various universities throughout Wales to see what can be done in that space. So, I think there are some really interesting developments here that we could be building on in terms of the kind of messages we will be giving alongside our international strategy.