Air Force One and Company travel’s back across ‘the pond’…..
Biden said in early March that he intended to visit Northern Ireland to mark the upcoming anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which the US helped broker a quarter-century ago to bring an end to decades of sectarian violence.
A presidential visit to Northern Ireland to mark the anniversary of the landmark accord has long been the subject of speculation. The last US president to visit Belfast was Barack Obama in 2013.
The Irish government on Wednesday said Taoiseach Leo Varadkar “looks forward to the forthcoming official visit of the President of the United States to Ireland.”
“I am delighted that President Biden will pay a visit to Ireland. It will be a privilege and a special moment to welcome him back as President of the United States,” Varadkar said in a statement.
Separately, the White House said later Wednesday that King Charles III had extended an invitation to Biden to come to the United Kingdom for an official state visit, and the president accepted….
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