american president, Joe Biden continues his three-day visit to Ireland this Thursday. for a meeting with the country’s president and prime minister, Michael D. Higgins and Leo Varadkar, respectively, as well as an expected speech in the national parliament.
The meeting at the official residence of Aras an Uakhtarayn with Higgins, who occupies mainly a representative position, has a great symbolic content, since the two plan to plant some trees together and ring the so-called “peace bell”.established in 2008 on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.
This historic pact, which ended the conflict on the island of Ireland, will be the centerpiece of a speech Biden will give in the Irish Parliament in a joint session that afternoon, where he will praise cooperation between Ireland. and the United States to promote democracy, peace, security and prosperity, put forward by the White House.
Thus, the Democratic President will become fourth President of the United States to address both houses in Dublinafter John Fistgerald Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.
Earlier, Biden plans to meet Irish Prime Minister Christian Democrat Leo Varadkar, whom he already hosted at the White House in March on St. Patrick’s Day, the patron saint of Ireland.
Both leaders will talk about their bilateral relationshipthe legacy of the Good Friday Agreement 25 years after it was signed (April 10, 1998) and the current political crisis in Northern Ireland, where the nationalist-union power-sharing government was suspended for a year due to their Brexit disagreements. .
The day will end with a gala dinner at Dublin Castle.
The US President will return to the US on Saturday morningbut before closing Friday’s visit to County Mayo (NW), the small town of Ballina, where part of his maternal family also originates.
Biden will deliver a speech at Ballina Cathedral to celebrate the strong ties between the United States and Ireland.
According to Efe.
Source: La Opinion
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