Home » News » US President Joe Biden is in Northern Ireland to reaffirm support for the Good Friday Agreement and encourage the restoration of powersharing, while dismissing claims that he is anti-British. He will also travel to the Republic of Ireland, where he will carry out a number of engagements, including a speech in Dublin and visits to ancestral homelands. Security measures have been put in place, with more than 300 officers from the rest of the UK being drafted in and significant traffic disruption expected in Belfast.

US President Joe Biden is in Northern Ireland to reaffirm support for the Good Friday Agreement and encourage the restoration of powersharing, while dismissing claims that he is anti-British. He will also travel to the Republic of Ireland, where he will carry out a number of engagements, including a speech in Dublin and visits to ancestral homelands. Security measures have been put in place, with more than 300 officers from the rest of the UK being drafted in and significant traffic disruption expected in Belfast.

US President Joe Biden has begun a series of engagements in Ireland, with a focus on reaffirming support for the Good Friday Agreement and encouraging the restoration of powersharing in Northern Ireland. During a meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Belfast, Biden declined to answer questions about a trade deal or messages to Northern Irish parties. He was criticised by some Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) figures for being anti-British, but senior director for Europe at the US National Security Council, Amanda Sloat, rejected the claim, saying Biden is “a strong supporter of our bilateral partnership with the UK,” and has had several meetings with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and business secretary Liz Truss. Biden later used a speech at Ulster University’s new Belfast campus to call for the restoration of powersharing in the North, and for the maintenance of the Good Friday Agreement. The return of the devolved institutions in Northern Ireland, which were established in the peace deal, is yet to happen due to the DUP boycott over post-Brexit trading arrangements. There was also a major security operation in place during Biden’s visit, with over 300 officers from the rest of the UK drafted into Northern Ireland to assist.

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