The US president arrives in Belfast at night and is received at the airport by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whom he met in San Diego in March.
Joe Bidenbegins its four-day tour this Tuesday Northern Ireland to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which ended three decades of conflict. The White House has released the keys to the trip and made Biden, of Irish descent on his mother’s side, look forward to the land of his ancestors.
“The president looks forward to embarking on this journey and celebrating the deep historic ties that unite our two nations and that our two peoples continue to share,” said John Kirby, one of the congressional spokespersons. White House.
According to Kirby, Biden is coming Tuesday in the evening to Belfast and is met at the airport by the British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak. Both will hold a bilateral meeting Wednesday and then the American leader will deliver a speech at the new Ulster University campus in the Northern Ireland capital. In his speech, the US president will emphasize “the enormous progress” made since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement and will also underline the willingness of the United States to “maintain those achievements” and the economic development of Northern Ireland.
A visit to the castle of stormheadquarters of the Northern Ireland Autonomous Assembly and whose power-sharing government has been suspended for more than a year over the rejection of pro-British trade unionism in the Brexit arrangements for the region.
After spending a few hours in Northern Ireland, the US President will leave for the Republic of Ireland that same Wednesday. Specifically, after the speech at the University of Ulster, he will go to County Louth (North East Ireland), where the president’s great-grandfather, James Finnegan, was born.
As explained by the White House, Biden will spend Wednesday night in Dublin and the United States Thursday will meet with the President of the Republic of Ireland, Michael Higginsat his official residence in Áras an Uachtaráin.
Biden will cover the limit Friday his tour with a visit to County Mayo (Northwest), where part of his maternal family is also from and where he plans to give a speech on the ties between the United States and Ireland.
Source: EITB
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