Biden to travel to Northern Ireland to mark Good Friday Agreement anniversary

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The White House announced Wednesday that President Biden will visit Northern Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement before traveling on to Ireland.

Mr. Biden will first visit Belfast on Tuesday, April 11, one day after the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, the landmark 1998 deal that ended 30 years of conflict in Northern Ireland, a period known as The Troubles. Former President Bill Clinton, who played a key role in negotiating the deal, is also set to travel to Belfast to mark the anniversary, according to theMr. Biden will mark the"tremendous progress" since the signing of the agreement, the White House said.

After Belfast, Mr. Biden will then go to Ireland from April 12 to 14. He is set to visit Dublin, County Louth and County Mayo, where"he will deliver an address to celebrate the deep, historic ties that link our countries and people," the White House said. President Biden holds a meeting with his science and technology advisers at the White House on April 4, 2023."It will be a privilege and an honor for us to welcome President Joe Biden to Ireland, especially as we mark 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement," Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said in a.

Varadkar called the U.S. and Ireland"true partners," noting the Mr. Biden's"special affinity for Ireland." Mr. Biden has Irish ancestry — his great-great-great grandfather Edward Blewitt was born in Ballina before emigrating to Scranton, Pennsylvania. Ballina, located along the coast in County Mayo, is now preparing a"The visit is going to be unbelievable," Annie May Reape, a local politician, told CBS News last month.

 

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He will take credit for that as well. Why not

How about going to the Southern Border of the USA!!!!!!!!!!

But visiting the coronation across the North Sea is a ferry ride too far.

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No hes not,the anniversary is on the 10th,he will be coming on the 11th,invited by the British prime minister , nothing to do with the Belfast agreement

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I’m sure he will wish every one a happy 4th of July

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What an embarrassment

POTUS how about visiting one of the areas of the US destroyed by tornadoes, fires, floods, or train derailments?

Fy

Can he make it?

Shame he is not coming the the U.K. to meet the king and his coronation

Didn’t the White House just say a few days ago he was too old to do international travel

Cool. Thanks for the update. Makes me feel better about Easter.

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Biden to visit Ireland, mark Good Friday accord anniversaryPresident Joe Biden will travel to the United Kingdom and Ireland next week in part to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday accord. The U.S.-brokered agreement helped end deadly sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. The White House says Biden will first travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland, which is part of the U.K., from April 11-12 to mark progress since the signing of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in April 1998. Biden then will visit the Republic of Ireland from April 12-14. The Good Friday Agreement helped end sectarian violence that had raged for three decades over the issue of Northern Ireland unifying with Ireland or remaining part of the U.K. How about brokering a deal with Russia? Milo endorses BidenHarris2024
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