Leaders of Celtic nations and regions are meeting in Brittany today for the inaugural Celtic Forum.

The seven Celtic nations and regions – Scotland, Ireland, Galicia, Cornwall, Wales, Asturias and Brittany – will be represented at the meeting.

Organisers hope to “lessen the consequences” of Brexit.

Wales First Minister Mark Drakeford and deputy first minister of Scotland, Shona Robinson, will be in attendance.

Leader of Cornwall Council, Linda Taylor, will also attend, and the Republic of Ireland’s ambassador to France, Niall Burgess.

Student mobility will be top of the agenda, with an aim to create a “Celtic Erasmus”.

Maritime transport, fishing and offshore wind power will also be discussed.

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The conference will also discuss the nations and regions’ languages including Asturian, Breton, Cornish, Galician, Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, and Welsh.

Loïg Chesnais-Girard, president of the Brittany region, will also welcome Asturias’s general director of transitions, Maria Belarmina Díaz Aguado, and Galicia’s director general of external relations, Jesùs Gamallo Aller.

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Mark Drakeford said the Celtic Forum was an opportunity to “plant the seeds for future collaborations”.

“The Celtic Forum is an excellent opportunity to come together as Celtic nations and regions, to build on our cultural and historical links and seek out areas for future collaboration, such as marine energy,” he said.

Scotland and Brittany will sign a memorandum of understanding on offshore wind.

“The people of Scotland resoundingly rejected Brexit, yet it has caused significant adverse impacts to our economy and trade relations,” Shona Robinson said.

“In spite of this, the Scottish Government remains firmly committed to developing partnerships with our European neighbours.”

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