Plaid Vice-President Jill Evans MEP is travelling to the Lebanon this week at the invitation of CYTÛN, the Welsh churches working together.
As well as holding meetings with a number of groups, Ms Evans, a member of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council, will see the Sabra-Chatilla Palestinian refugee camp, scene of the massacre in September 1982. Before leaving, Jill, who represents the whole of Wales in the European Parliament, said:
"Now more than ever it is vital to promote dialogue and understanding between people. We will be meeting a variety of groups and representatives and I hope we will be able to encourage greater understanding between peoples and tolerance which will help to build stronger links between our countries.
“I was very pleased to accept the invitation to accompany representatives of all the different Christian churches in Wales on this visit to further friendship and peace."
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Jill Evans will be available for comment and interview during the visit. Please contact the numbers below.
She will leave be in the Lebanon on Friday 17, Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 March.
The visit is at the invitation of the Middle East Council of Churches to CYTÛN, the National Council of Churches in Wales, which consists of Catholic, Protestant and Anglican churches, with the Orthodox Church as an active observer.
The aim of the visit is to learn more about the situations of Christianity and Islam in Lebanon and Syria and their implications for the wider region; to further friendship with the Middle East Council of Churches; and to encourage links between Wales and Syria and Lebanon.
