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Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 26/02/2026 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3.9)

3.9 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 22/01/2026 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 4.4)

4.4 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 15/01/2026 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 4.4)

4.4 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 27/11/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 4.2)

4.2 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 06/11/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 7.2)

7.2 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 23/10/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 9.3)

9.3 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 17/09/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)

3 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 17/09/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 6)

6 International relations monitoring report

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6.1 The Committee considered the international relations monitoring report for September 2025.

 

Meeting: 16/07/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)

3 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 10/07/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 8)

8 Welsh Government International Relations

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Meeting: 18/06/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 8)

Welsh Government's International Strategy: consideration of the evidence received and key issues

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8.1 The Committee considered the evidence received and the key issues.

Meeting: 18/06/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 5)

Welsh Government International Relations - Evidence session with Eluned Morgan MS, First Minister

Eluned Morgan MS – First Minister

Andrew Gwatkin - Director – International Relations & Trade, Welsh Government

David Warren - Head of International Relations, Welsh Government

 

Minutes:

5.1. The Members questioned the witnesses on Welsh Government International Relations.

5.2 The First Minister agreed to share a list of the international visits that have been undertaken by members of the Government.

5.3 The First Minister agreed to write to the Committee explaining how an international relations concordat can be developed.

5.4 The witnesses agreed to write to the Committee setting out what impact the Committee’s ‘Culture Shock’ report has had on the Welsh Government.

5.5 The Committee agreed to write to the witnesses with the questions that were not reached during this session.

Meeting: 05/06/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 5.2)

5.2 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 21/05/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 5)

5 UK-Ukraine 100 Year Partnership Agreement

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5.3 The Committee noted the papers and agreed to write to the Welsh Government requesting further detail on the UK-Ukraine One Hundred Year Partnership Agreement.

Meeting: 21/05/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 5)

5 International Relations Annual Report 2024

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5.2 The paper was noted.

Meeting: 08/05/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 4)

4 Welsh Government international relations

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4.9 The papers were noted.

Meeting: 02/04/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)

3 Welsh Government international relations

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3.4 The papers were noted.

Meeting: 20/03/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 7.)

7. Welsh Government international relations: International Relations Monitoring Report - March 2025 Issue 6

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Meeting: 05/03/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)

3 Welsh Government's International Relations

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Meeting: 05/03/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 7)

7 Welsh Government International Relations: Consideration of draft annual report 2023-24

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7.1 The Committee considered the report and agreed the draft subject to minor amendments.

Meeting: 19/02/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 2)

2 2.4 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 29/01/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 2)

2 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 16/01/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 6)

6 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 11/12/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 7)

7 Welsh Government International Relations: International Relations Monitoring Report

International Relations Monitoring Report – December 2024 Issue 5

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7.1 The Committee considered and agreed the report for publication.

 

7.2 The Committee also agreed to write to the First Minister regarding the UN's Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, to request more information on how the UK's response has been collated and the Welsh Government’s role in the process.

Meeting: 13/11/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)

3 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 24/10/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 4)

4 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 09/10/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 5)

5 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 02/10/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 1)

1 Welsh Government international relations: International Relations Monitoring Report

International Relations Monitoring Report – September 2024 Issue 4

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1.1 The Committee considered and agreed the report for publication.

Meeting: 26/09/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 2)

2 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 17/07/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 6)

6 International Relations Monitoring Report

International Relations Monitoring Report – July 2024 Issue 3

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6.1 The Committee considered and agreed the report for publication.

Meeting: 17/07/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)

3 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 10/07/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)

3 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 19/06/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)

3 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 19/06/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 5)

Welsh Government international relations: Scrutiny session with the First Minister of Wales: Consideration of evidence

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5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 19/06/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 2)

2 Welsh Government international relations: Scrutiny session with the First Minister of Wales

Vaughan Gething MS, First Minister of Wales

Andrew Gwatkin, Director International Relations and Trade, Welsh Government

 

Research brief

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2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the First Minister.

 

2.2 The Committee agreed to write to the First Minister on matters relating to the evidence session.

Meeting: 06/06/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)

3 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 15/05/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)

3 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 15/05/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 7)

7 International Relations Monitoring Report

International Relations Monitoring Report – May 2024 Issue 2

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7.1 The Committee noted the International Relations Monitoring Report.

Meeting: 09/05/2024 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 2)

2 International Relations

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Meeting: 14/03/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)

3 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 28/02/2024 - Plenary (Item 5)

Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee report - International Relations: Annual Report 2022-23

NDM8495 Delyth Jewell (South Wales East)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the report of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee ‘International Relations: Annual Report 2022-23’, which was laid in the Table Office on 24 November 2023.

Note: The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 24 January 2024.

Minutes:

The item started at 15.13

NDM8495 Delyth Jewell (South Wales East)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the report of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee ‘International Relations: Annual Report 2022-23’, which was laid in the Table Office on 24 November 2023.

Note: The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 24 January 2024.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

Meeting: 28/02/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 5)

5 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 31/01/2024 - Plenary (Item 10)

Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee report - International Relations: Annual Report 2022-23 - Postponed

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This item has been postponed

Meeting: 24/01/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 7.)

7. Welsh Government international relations: analysis of overseas visits - Autumn term 2023

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Meeting: 24/01/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 4.5)

4.5 International Relations in Welsh Government

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Meeting: 11/01/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 6.)

6. Welsh Government international relations: ways of working proposal regarding overseas visits

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Meeting: 11/01/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 9.16)

9.16 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 23/11/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 6.)

6. Welsh Government international relations: analysis - Outward Ministerial visits (December 2022 - October 2023)

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Meeting: 16/11/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 4.6)

4.6 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 19/10/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 5.)

5. Welsh Government international relations: consideration of the draft annual report 2022-23

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Meeting: 19/10/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 2.1)

2.1 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 19/10/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 4.)

4. Welsh Government international relations: overseas visits and visitors (May - September 2023)

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Meeting: 14/09/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 2.11)

2.11 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 12/07/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)

3 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 14/06/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 2)

2 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 25/05/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 11)

11 Welsh Government international relations: consideration of draft correspondence

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11.1.3 The Committee considered and agreed the draft correspondence.

 

Meeting: 25/05/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 11)

11 Welsh Government international relations: overseas visits and visitors (February - April 2023)

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11.1.2 The Committee received a briefing on the Welsh Government international relations: overseas visits and visitors (February - April 2023).

 

Meeting: 25/05/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 11)

Welsh Government international relations

Meeting: 25/05/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 11)

11 Welsh Government international relations: discussion of the forward work plan

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11.1.1 The Committee considered and agreed the forward work plan.

 

Meeting: 10/05/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 10)

Welsh Government international relations: consideration of evidence

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10.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 10/05/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 6)

6 Welsh Government international relations: scrutiny of the First Minister

§  Mark Drakeford MS, First Minister for Wales

§  Andrew Gwatkin – Director, International Relations and Trade

§  Paula Walsh – Deputy Director, International Relations

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6.1 The Committee heard evidence from the First Minister.

 

6.2 The Committee agreed to send supplementary questions to the First Minister after the meeting.

Meeting: 14/03/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)

3 Welsh Government international relations

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Meeting: 11/01/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)

3 Letter from the First Minister to the Chair of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee regarding follow up from scrutiny on International Relations

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Meeting: 10/11/2021 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 5)

5 Response from First Minister on International Relations

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Meeting: 13/10/2021 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 5)

5 Letter from the Chair of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee to the First Minister regarding Ministerial scrutiny of international relations

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