Biden urges N Ireland to sustain peace, seize economic gains

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Published April 11, 2023 10:10 PM

By COLLEEN LONG, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — President Joe Biden has said Northern Ireland must “not go back” to the violence that scarred it for years and urged politicians to resolve a political crisis that has left the region without a functioning government. On a visit to Belfast, Biden urged Northern Ireland to seize the economic opportunities of peace, saying the progress is “just beginning.” Biden is in Northern Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement that ended 30 years of sectarian violence. Biden traveled Wednesday from Belfast to the Republic of Ireland for a three-day trip that includes visiting the hometowns of his Irish ancestors.

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