President Joe Biden on Thursday met with Ireland’s top leaders, speaking of shared values between the two nations and the opportunity that lies ahead, while praising the nation for its humanitarian work welcoming Ukrainian refugees.
– President Joe Biden on Thursday met with Ireland’s top leaders, speaking of shared values between the two nations and the opportunities ahead, while praising the nation for its humanitarian work welcoming Ukrainian refugees., Ireland’s prime minister. “And I think our concerns are the same. So I'm really looking forward to continuing to work with you.”, and it has been supportive of U.S-led efforts there. Biden said he was impressed by Ireland's commitment.
The U.S.-brokered deal brought peace to a region of the United Kingdom where “the Troubles” left some 3,600 people dead in bombings and other attacks.“I never thought in my lifetime that we'd see a war of this nature happen in Europe again,” he said. “And democracy and liberty and all the things that we believe in are on retreat in large parts of the world.
Biden arrived in the Republic of Ireland on Wednesday after his appearance in Northern Ireland. Crowds lined five-deep and waited for eight hours to catch a glimpse of Biden in County Louth, where his mother's family is from. In the town of Carlingford, the Democratic president toured a castle, gazing out over the sea where his ancestors sailed toward America.
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