Joe Biden to visit the UK and Ireland from April 11-14, the White House said World news
US President Joe Biden will travel to the United Kingdom and Ireland from April 11-14, the White House said on Wednesday. Biden will first visit Belfast to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement before traveling to Ireland, where he will deliver an address to mark US-Irish relations.
Biden in Belfast decided “to emphasize the readiness of the United States to support the great economic power of Northern Ireland to the benefit of the entire region,” the White House said.
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At the end of February, Britain and the European Union resolved a major dispute over Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland that ensured there would be no new checks on goods crossing the land border between Northern Ireland and the republic to the south, which it is part of. of the EU.
The agreement eased a source of tension between London and Washington. The Biden administration has expressed concern over the continued success of the Good Friday agreement which ended much of the violence in Northern Ireland that has prevailed since the late 1960s.
In Ireland, Biden will meet with Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who visited the White House in mid-March for the traditional St Patrick’s Day visit.
Varadkar hailed Biden’s visit as “an opportunity to welcome home a great Irish-American president.”
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“Over many decades, and to this day, he has supported the cause of peace in Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement. He stands with us as we navigate the difficult consequences of Brexit,” Varadkar said.
“His visit is an opportunity to celebrate and renew the strong political, economic and personal ties that bind our two countries together,” he added.
Biden will visit Dublin, County Louth and County Mayo, “where he will deliver an address to celebrate the deep, historic ties that bind our countries and people,” the White House said.
