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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