BELFAST: US President Joe Biden landed in Northern Ireland on Tuesday (Apr 11), hoping to help maintain the fragile peace brokered 25 years ago after decades of sectarian violence over British rule. Before boarding Air Force One, Biden, 80, said the priority for his trip was 'to keep the peace' and bring a
BELFAST: US President Joe Biden landed in Northern Ireland on Tuesday , hoping to help maintain the fragile peace brokered 25 years ago after decades of sectarian violence over British rule.
"The message is twofold. It's congratulations on 25 years of the Good Friday agreement ... to talk about the importance of trying to work on trade and economic policies that benefit all communities as well as the United States," he said. Devolved government in Belfast is a key plank of the peace accords but it collapsed 14 months ago over the party's trenchant opposition to post-Brexit trade arrangements in Northern Ireland.
But a quarter-century on, the post-Brexit trading situation and demographic shifts are prompting fresh political instability and violence from hardliners on both sides. During a trip to County Mayo in northwest Ireland on Friday, Biden will visit his ancestral hometown of Ballina and meet distant cousins.
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