The Progressive Unionist Party's Mr David Ervine left Northern Ireland yesterday to take part in a conference in Sarajevo on conflict resolution.
The East Belfast Assemblyman will address the "Divided Cities - Breaking Walls" conference in the Bosnian capital, which will also be attended by politicians from cities including Jerusalem, Beirut, Mostar and Sarajevo. Mr Ervine said he was "very honoured to be invited to speak to this conference. We in Northern Ireland are sometimes too parochial. We often overlook the fact that other cities around the world are experiencing conflict as we are."