 Wel, bod yda pawb addiwch am Amino a Fi hefyddiw. This morning, as we get closer to St David's Day, I want to concentrate on how we have strengthened our international relationships and raised Wales profile on the world stage over the past five years. Now, while most of what we do in the Welsh Government is focused on and in Wales, we should and will not ignore Wales' place in the world. Our prosperity as a country has long depended on trade and inward investment, international companies employ thousands of people in Wales, and our homegrown businesses export Welsh maids, goods and services to every part of the world. Every year, visitors from abroad discover and enjoy our beautiful landscapes, heritage and culture. Now, I became First Minister as the United Kingdom was negotiating its withdrawal from the European Union. The damage done to the relationship with our closest neighbours and trading partners means that over the last five years it has become more important than ever for us to strengthen our existing relationships with regional and national governments and to strike new friendships and partnerships. Our reputation in Wales as a committed contributor to those relationships has paid us real dividends. Since the pandemic, the number of diplomatic and international visits to Wales has increased from around 35 a year to more than 100. We have renewed agreements which set out areas of cooperation and closer ties with those countries and regions where we have shared interests. Last month I was in Poland to update our memorandum of understanding with Silesia, an agreement first signed in the early years of devolution by Rodri Morgan and based on our shared history of industrial heritage. We signed agreements with Flanders and Barton-Württemberg and revitalised our long-standing relationships with the Basque country and Brittany. Indeed, this year marks the 20th anniversary of the Wales-Britney relationship, the first international agreement signed on behalf of Wales for more than 600 years. Our relationship with Ireland, our closest European neighbour, has grown ever stronger, covering a wide range of areas from climate and trade to education, language and heritage. We hold an Ireland-Wales ministerial forum every year. The last one was in north Wales in October and there's a great deal of activity which takes place all year round beyond the forum. For example, the Minister for Climate Change will be leading St David's Day celebrations in Dublin next month. While we may have left the European Union, we haven't stopped being a European nation. We've maintained our Brussels office, appointed a Welsh Government representative on Europe, launched our tight international exchange programme for young people and I will be in Brussels again on St David's Day this year, celebrating Wales at the heart of Europe. The global economy has changed dramatically as a result of the pandemic, Russia's war in Ukraine, the wider price volatility due to geopolitical instability and now the danger of a widening conflict in the Middle East. Despite these challenges, the latest data shows the value of goods, exports for Wales was £19.9 billion in the year ending in September last year, up 2% compared to the previous year. We run a comprehensive export programme which last year helped Welsh businesses secure more than £82 million in additional new trade. At the same time, Wales secured 47 inward investment projects in 22-23 and 9% increase projects that created more than 3,000 new jobs. Our international work is not confined simply to government diplomacy and trade. It includes our long-standing Wales and Africa programme which also covers ongoing support for the tree planting size of Wales project which is helping farmers in Uganda to improve crop yields and soil retention and is teaching school children in Wales about the impact of climate change. The programme is well on its way to meeting its target of planting 50 million trees by 2030. When we published our international strategy, we said we would use all the avenues open to us to highlight Wales on the world stage and our incredible sporting success as provided us with fantastic opportunities to do just that. When Wales played in the World Cup final in Qatar in 2020, we designed a programme of more than 2,200 events in the UAE, the USA, Canada and across Europe. One of the lasting results is a partnership between young female workers at the National Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar and Amgeva Cymru here in Wales. The Rugby World Cup coincided with our Wales in France here. Once again we combined sport with a programme of arts and music to help promote Wales and some of our talented artists to new audiences. Our Wales in France here will end this month. When a Van Gogh portrait goes on show at the National Museum here in Cardiff, part of a loan agreement with the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Now we've held a series of very successful Wales in themed years which helped to strengthen our relationships with partner countries. This year we will be celebrating Wales in India. I will launch the year at the Indian High Commission in London as part of our St David's Day celebrations while the health minister will launch it in Mumbai. Throughout the year we will highlight and strengthen the connections between our two countries focusing on culture, innovation, education, health, business and human rights. These events and visits are important as they not only build new markets and new opportunities for Wales but they send a strong message to people from other parts of the world who have made Wales their home. They say that we are an outward looking nation, engaged with the rest of the world. A place of strong values that we respect the relationships we have with other countries and that we care about the people who come to make their futures here in Wales. So finally I've mentioned St David's Day a few times this morning and this year will be my last St David's Day as First Minister. I will be celebrating our patron saint's day in London and in Brussels and as part of a very busy programme of events taking place around the world. A record number of embossies and high commissions will be holding events in London and in other parts of the world including the U.S. Embassy here in the United Kingdom. We're doing what St David asked us to do and we need a pethau bachain. We're doing those small things that collectively add up to a powerful programme on behalf of Wales and its citizens. For now and for the last time, Diolch o galon i chi gyd. I turn to questions from our journalist colleagues here in the room and online. First today to Elef Gwaur of BBC News. Diolch i fawr iawn. Farmers across Wales say that you're not listening to them. Do you heed their concerns about the sustainable farming scheme and its possible effect on rural Wales? We have been in a continuous seven year conversation with farmers in Wales. As soon as the United Kingdom decided to leave the European Union it was inevitable that the patterns of farming support which farmers in Wales had relied upon for 40 years would have to change. We've gone about that change in a very engaged and lengthy process. We're still in the middle of a consultation. Now the third consultation on our scheme that will help farmers, fund farmers beyond the schemes we inherited from the European Union. We've had 10 engagement exercises in all parts of Wales during the consultation. They have been attended by thousands of farmers. So there are thousands of farmers who have taken the opportunity to be part of that conversation. Those who have not yet been part of it, I absolutely urge them to do so because their voices will shape the final scheme and there's still time for them to be engaged in that. Can I also turn to Gaza? Should Sir Keir Starmer be calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza? And would you be calling on your colleagues in the House of Commons to support the SNP motion on this? Not for me to advise my colleagues there. They will be having those conversations themselves. Sir Keir Starmer has called for an immediate ceasefire and a sustainable ceasefire and that's what everybody surely wants to see. A ceasefire that can be put in place as fast as possible and then sustained so that that journey to a long-term two-state solution that protects the interests of people in Israel and recognises the legitimate interests of a Palestinian population that that solution can be pursued. That's the policy of the United Kingdom, it's the policy of the Labour Party and I hope very much that the voices that you hear around the world calling for that resolution are he did by those players in the Middle East itself. Yes, of course. Wel, ni wedi bod ni'n siarad gyda ffermwyr nawr am blynyddoedd. Ar ôl a adail yr yndeb Europeaidd, oedd e'n angenreidio i ni ffindio cynllun newydd i cefnogi ffermwyr yma anghymru, a ni wedi bod mewn sgwrs dan nhw blynyddoedd ar ôl blynyddoedd, a ni'n dal i wneud hynny, a ni'n mas yn amgynghoru nawr a'r cynllun ni wedi paratoi, ni wedi cael digwyddiadau ledledd Cymru, a amai ganoeth o ffermwyr wedi troi lan i siarad am y cynllun, i roi cwestiynau i wneud awgrymiadau, a ni'n dal i fewn i'r ysgwrs nawr. Blynyddoedd pob o ddim wedi codi y llais nhw a hyn o bryd, y neges fiau i dod ymlaen, helpu ni. Helpu ni i cynllunio am y dyfodol, ble allwn ni ar ei angen i ffermwyr ynghymru, i wneud y pethau gan y ladw i, a yna maes bwyd, a yna maes idd ei eras, mae nhw'n gallu wneud i helpu ni ynghymru, a troi hynny ni'n gallu helpu ffermwyr hefyd. Diolch yn fawr. Hefyd. Mae'n ddiweddol. Mae'n ddiweddol y d Poseidon Ddeu'r cheffredin i hefyd. Byddai'n ddim yn ddim yn bros fel athgelf adonir i'r gael blaenau. Byddai'n ddim wedi'uFunewyr i ddiweddoli weithio ac felly, mae'n ffaith cyfleoedd Cymru yn Newid militantol, a wedi'u dod i'r Gaelodau Cymru yn ddim yn ffaith. Maes i fel, i'r ddeudo'r Ddeu'r Cymru? Mae'r gaelodau cyffredin mor hwn neu hanes, Gallwch yn ystod, nid yw'n rhoi bod Mores yn llawer i'r cyd-dwylliant a'r rhanig yma, ond ymlaen i'r ffordd a'r cyflawnu hynny, yn y ddau'r pannu ymlaen i ddau'r cyd-dwylliant, ond y Minister yn ymlaen i'r ffordd a'r cyflawnu hynny o'r ddefnwysau ar y cyflawnu diolch yn gyffredig o'r ymddangos ar y syniadau'r cyfnodol. Mae'n ddigwydd ar ddiweddau'r llwyso, a os ydych yn ni fyddwn i'n ddigwydd yng Nghymru yw y byddai'n ei ddau a'r ysgawb yn ymddangos ar y llwyso, dwi'n gweithio'n gweithio'n meddwl y gwaith. Ond mae'n cyfnodol y cyfnodol, beth byddwn yn gweithio'n meddwl y gwybod y gweithio'n meddwl i'r gweithio'n meddwl, y rhan i'r wir. Mae'n meddwl o'u oedd yn fawr o oswn. Mae'n gwneud yn i gael這邊au. Mae oedd yn gael fisherman o'r ysgrif cafodol o gael fath o unrhyw sy'n credu'r ll contestio oherwydd i dŵr, oherwydd i'w masy fwrdd o bwysig, fe atus y dyfodol, a ddysgu'n cysylltu'r gweithiau ac adael sy'n meddwl o'i wneud i'w ysgrift yna ac mae chfordd bwysig o ran gael ei hunain yn oleddiadol o fewn i'r holl comments a llunio'r bydogol yma, dwi'n byw'r enw i'ch cherddion i gweithio'r ffordd oedd o'i wneud cyffredin iawn o fewn i ddesmwys, a fyddwn y cwrs ar hyn sy'n rhan i'r oedd yn rhan oedd yn tlichio'r חif er mwyn ydych chi mewn angrifeydd cyffredin. Prydych chi'n rhan o'r holl comments a llunio'r holl comments? Wel, y minister wedi gweithio i ddyddio gyrraeth a gwirioneddol iawn ar ddiweddol a gyrsgwyr sydd wedi'i gweithio ar y Cymru. Mae'n gweithio i'r rhan o'r ddweud o'r lluniaethau, ond mae'n gweithio i'r morysg hanfodol ac yn y ddweud o'r ddweud i'r lluniaethau. A gallwn i'n dweud bod ydym yn gyfweld i'r ddydd i'r parwysau, a'r ddweud â'r ddweud mewn cyntafol yn ddweud, ond mae'n defnyddio'r ddweud o fynd i'r ddweud o'r Morrys yn ymddangosio'n gweithio'n gweithio. Oherwydd mae'n ddweud â'r ddweud yn gyhoedd. Dwi'n meddwl i'n gweithio'n gweithio, mae'n oedd y gweithio'n ddweud o'r ddweud yn gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio. ymlaen o gael gweithio'r lleol, ac y Ministeri ddim yn ysgolio'r lleol yn gwneud ymweld ystafell, o beth o'n gallu cyfnodd o'r ffordd o'r hyn o'r cyfrifau, oherwydd mae'r ffordd o'r ffordd, oherwydd mae'n gwneud o'r cyfrifau, oherwydd mae'n gwneud o'r ffordd o'r cyfrifau. Os ydw i'n ddod i'r rhagor. Ruth, o'r cyfrifau. Hi. Ddiolch i'r ffordd. Ond ystod yw'n cydweithio, dyna'r ffordd yng nghymru sy'n fagorol yn ystod y pitigodd, ond yn fagorol yn eu cyfnod am ymlaes, ac yn ymlaes o'r ffordd, ac yn ymlaes. Felly mae'n cydweithio, mae'n edrych. Felly, mae'n ddigon ni'n gwybod? Fy ffobodi i'n gwybod, mae'n ddiwedd yn gwybod i'r ddweud o'r ddweud o'r cydweithio. siarad yng Nghymru wedi'u gweithio am yng Nghymru, fel y pethau i ni'r Ffaraeon ond, a pan fydd yn meddwl o'r unig, mae'r rhan o'r pwyllteginnol i'r Ffaraeon arno yng nghymru yn eniad. Mae'r Minister yn methu cy스터 o'i ddiwrnod o'r ddaf yn yng Nghymru yng nghymru arno. Mae'r Minister yn fawr am yng nghymru o'r fflwyllteginol ohodaeth o'r ffaithgol am yng Nghymru yng nghymru,ion eich trafodaeth – yr unigoles yng lwrs hwnnw i fel y gweld y ffordd wedi'u credu hynny ystafell. Nid yw'n ceisio'r peth yng Nghymru ac y ffordd yn y gweithio'r hwnnw, ynghylch amdano'n cynnig o'r ffordd y prifedig yi gwlad ar y corpus Rickard yn penliein eraill ciderginnol ar y begfyrdd yng Nghymru. Rwy'n fath o bobl ydyn nhw, rwy'n ymwysighodi, y ffordd yn beth gyda own ymwysig Cyngor a'r anodd cyfnod o'r anodd, that's because of the voices of farmers in the current consultation. So, I understand that this is a difficult time for people in rural Wales. People feel that their way of life is under attack from the forces of change that go on around them. We're seeing that in other places as well. riding ond is unavoidable. Wat we need to do is to work together to create a pathway to that future in which the public purse in Wales will go on investing in farming communities and in rural Wales. We are absolutely committed to doing that. But where that investment provides a Cymru au'r llwyll yma. If you expect the public to invest, the public has a right to know what that investment is creating. Top of our list is sustainable food production. But there are those other environmental goods, that in an era of climate change are essential for us to see in the countryside here in Wales. There are real opportunities for farming in Wales. They will be different and the process of change is a challenging one. The way through, in answering your question, can only ever be in dialogue and doing it together. Thank you. And can I take a reaction to the�� slope process that have been happening across Wales? Well, my starting point is that legitimate protest is absolutely a right, a very important part of the way that we conduct debate and discussion here in Wales, and while people conduct those protests in a way that is consistent with the law, then there is every right of people to do that. There is a line somewhere. Criminal damage is not acceptable. Having a major impact on other people's lives that prevent them from going about their legitimate business is something which I'm sure those involved in the protest will want to think about. But because whether it makes the point you want to make, or whether it just counter-productively has that impact in other people's lives is a matter that I'm sure those people involved in those protests will be thinking carefully about. Ruth, thank you very much. I'll go to Clare here in the room. Thank you, First Minister. So, over the past few months, we've seen a lot of discussion over where to draw the line between climate policies and livelihoods. Obviously, we've seen with Tata Steel and Portal, but, you know, 2,000 jobs going green peace, saying that that's not the way to do it if so many jobs are going. Farmers giving up 20% of their lands for green schemes when the industry is already facing many struggles. Some have said will be the final nail in the coffin for them. Potentially thousands of jobs being affected. For you, where's the line between climate policies and livelihoods? Well, look, there is no greater challenge that Wales faces or the globe faces than climate change. There is no greater threat to the future of farming in Wales and temperature rises of the sort that we will see unless we are prepared to act now to protect the future of our children and our grandchildren. These things are not in conflict with one another. I just don't buy into that narrative that says that somehow we have to choose between jobs today and a burning platform that the world will become unless we're prepared to take action. There is a transition that is necessary and it must be a just transition. That's why we have argued with Tata that a longer length of time in order to get to the green steel production of the future is the right way to bring about the transition in that industry. In farming, we're not asking people to give up 20%. We are offering to pay farmers to use that 20% of their land in a different way in future should they choose to do so. Remember, around half of farmers in Wales don't take part in the basic farm payment scheme now. It's a voluntary scheme. What the public is offering to do is to pay farmers differently in future for them contributing to the solution to that climate crisis. Of course we know the consultation is still going on but we've seen protests, we've seen the NFU Cymru speaking out against it, 100 tractors being driven towards a leadership debate to find your replacement. Surely farmers are showing, no we don't want this. That should be the consultation over surely. The Welsh Government wants to go on supporting farmers here in Wales. But the bargain cannot be that the public puts its hand into the pocket to put millions of pounds, nearly 300 million pounds every year on the table for farmers to just do whatever farmers think they would like to do with it. That cannot be the bargain. The bargain is that the Welsh Government and the Welsh public will go on investing in the future of farming. But they are entitled to a return on that investment. That is what the sustainable farming scheme sets out to do, to set out that bargain. Top of the bargain is sustainable food production. Of course we want to see farmers in Wales are producing food in ways that are consistent with the climate crisis. But there are things beyond food production that we want to pay farmers to do. And that's what the scheme is about. Now as I've said, if you look at the scheme in its different iterations, it has changed and it has evolved and it will change and evolve again. But it will not change into what some voices in farming, not the farming unions, not the people who turn up to the consultation exercises are arguing for. But some voices in farming want to argue that the public should pay the money and farmers should decide what to do. That can't be the bargain and sensible voices, the vast majority of voices in the farming community understand that that can't be the way we face the future together. A canola heri, Bethan. Bethan. Thank you First Minister. Junior doctors strikes are restarting again this week. Welsh Government say 5% is their best and final offer unless they get more money from Westminster. But junior doctors are arguing their aim is to restore their pay which has gone down by almost a third and many doctors are moving abroad for better pay and conditions. How do you end this stalemate? How do we stop this industrial action on such a vital service? I mean, are you happy for this to continue to rumble on until the next general election? Well, first of all, to say as I always say that the Welsh Government absolutely understands the frustration felt by public sector workers, whether they be junior doctors or people in our other public services, at the way in which their wages have been held down over 14 years of conservative imposed austerity. That's where you get to that figure of the gap between what doctors were once paid and what they're paid today. And the Welsh Government has made a commitment to pay restoration over a period of time. No government, certainly not this government has the resources to fill that gap in a single year, but we have publicly committed to pay restoration as it becomes affordable in future. In the last week, we have reached an agreement with GPs in Wales. So we now have agreement with many parts of the health service workforce. I hope we can reach an agreement with our junior doctors as well. The only way you ever reach an agreement in the end is to be around the table together. I hope that junior doctors in Wales will be willing to come to the table to have those discussions. They will have to be realistic. They will have to be discussions that recognise the realities of the financial position facing the Welsh Government and public services in Wales. But in the end, discussion is the only way in which these matters are resolved. Thank you, Minister. As we've heard from previous questions, there are issues at the culture of the fire services here in Wales. Junior doctors are going on strike and farmers have got protests over the sustainable farming scheme. So it seems a bit of a shambles at the moment. Can you give any commitment today that these issues will be resolved before you leave office? Is this really how you want to bow out of Welsh politics? Well, I remember saying when I announced that I would be leaving this job that there will be a great deal to do in the first quarter of this year. And it is certainly turning out to be like that. So there will be many issues that will continue to be on the agenda of whoever does this job in the future. What we will go on doing in Wales as we have all the way through is to try to approach resolving these problems in a spirit of social partnership, where we get people around the table together, where we recognise that there are differences between us, but where in Wales we are still fortunate enough that most people want to find a resolution, want to find that space where, from different perspectives, you can come together in order to shape the future. The Welsh Government has never given up on that endeavour. We certainly won't be and it offers us the best and maybe the only route to resolving some of our present discontents. Diolch yn fawr. Thank you all very much indeed.