16/04/2004

Sinn Féin MLA begins US visit

A leading Sinn Féin member has begun a five day visit to the United States today.

North Belfast MLA, Gerry Kelly will address Sinn Féin supporters in San Francisco on Saturday 17th and in Seattle the following day.

The Sinn Féin spokesperson on policing will also be a guest speaker at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle on Monday 19th.

Mr Kelly will then address the prestigious National Committee on American Foreign Policy in New York on Wednesday lunchtime before speaking later that evening at an event organised by The Police Emerald Society Long Island, New York.

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