Joe Biden intends NI visit for Good Friday anniversary
US President Joe Biden has said he intends to visit Northern Ireland after being invited to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.He was speaking at a joint press conference in California with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.The pair met in Point Loma naval baseMr Sunak said: "I look forward to our conversations and also importantly, to invite you to Northern Ireland, which hopefully you will be able to do and so we can commemorate the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.
Mr Sunak said: "It's great that we're going to see each other a lot over the next few months. I was pleased to accept the president's invitation to visit him in DC in June."Confirmation was slipped out during a joint news conference between President Biden and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The invitation for the president to come to Northern Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement felt like an add-on.Although he did not provide much detail, it is expected that President Biden will be in Northern Ireland in the middle of next month and will take part in the anniversary celebrations organised by Queen's University Belfast.
The Good Friday Agreement, also known as the Belfast Agreement, was a political deal designed to bring an end to 30 years of violent conflict in Northern Ireland, known as the Troubles.
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