US President Joe Biden arrives in Belfast on Tuesday at a delicate political time in Northern Ireland as he helps mark the 25-year anniversary of a peace deal that largely ended 30 years of bloodshed there
Biden, known for decades for his pro-Irish views, will need to tread carefully as pro-British unionists loyal to London continue to boycott the devolved power-sharing government that was a fundamental part of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party has said Biden's visit - the first by a U.S. president in 10 years - will not pressure it toat post-Brexit trade rules that treat the province differently to the rest of the United Kingdom. "I think the president is anxious that the restoration of the executive would pave the way for an economic agenda. That would be an important dividend of the visit."
Biden, who speaks proudly of his Irish roots and frequently quotes Irish poets such as Seamus Heaney, will then spend three days in Ireland where he will address the parliament in Dublin and visit his ancestral homes on either coast.
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