Biden lands in Northern Ireland to mark peace deal anniversary

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President Joe Biden is greeted by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and US Ambassador to the United Kingdom Jane Hartley, in Belfast. Source: AP / Patrick Semansky

United States President Joe Biden has arrived in Northern Ireland for a brief visit marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. The 1998 peace deal, reached with the help of the U-S, largely ended 30 years of bloodshed.


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