US President Joe Biden on Wednesday began a nostalgia-filled tour of the Republic of Ireland, jetting in from Northern Ireland where he pushed for an end to political paralysis in the British province. | ManilaBulletin
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday began a nostalgia-filled tour of the Republic of Ireland, jetting in from Northern Ireland where he pushed for an end to political paralysis in the British province.
On the first such trip out of Dublin, to Carlingford Castle near Northern Ireland, Biden said: "It feels wonderful! Feels like I'm coming home." "All together we have to continue working towards a future that's of greater dignity, as we face darkness," the Democrat said, ahead of a potential election rematch next year against Republican Donald Trump.Biden will also meet Irish head of state Michael Higgins and address a joint sitting of both houses of the Oireachtas -- the Irish parliament -- on Thursday before heading home late Friday.
The president also met Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who said the UK's relationship with the United States was "in great shape". DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, who was among local leaders to greet Biden, said the visit "doesn't change the political dynamic in Northern Ireland". Despite the UK and the European Union agreeing to overhaul the trading rules earlier this year, the DUP is yet to back them, and allow the restoration of Belfast's Stormont legislature."The president has been very actively engaged throughout his career, dating back to when he was a senator, in the peace process in Northern Ireland," said Amanda Sloat, National Security Council senior director for Europe.
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