MP Nia attends commemorations of the 75th anniversary of D-Day
NIA Griffith, Llanelli’s MP and Shadow Defence Secretary, visited Normandy earlier this month for the official commemorations of the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
Along with First Minister Mark Drakeford, Prime Minister Theresa May, Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn and their Royal Highnesses Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, Ms Griffith attended the D-Day commemorative services in Bayeux Cathedral and in Bayeux War Cemetery.
She said: “It was a great privilege to be able to attend the D-Day commemorations. This occasion was all the more poignant because for many people who served, now in their 90s, this would be the last significant anniversary of the events of D-Day.
“Around 300 veterans travelled from all over the UK to sail across the Channel for the events, and it was a great privilege to have the opportunity to meet and hear from some of them.
“We must never forget that terrible suffering, nor the immense sacrifices made to defeat the Nazis. And we owe it to those who fought and gave their lives for our freedom to value that freedom, and to speak out loudly and clearly against anti-semitism and all forms of racism and prejudice.”