DUP says Biden visit has not changed Northern Ireland political dynamic

FILE PHOTO: DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson speaks to the media at the Culloden Hotel in Belfast, where British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is holding talks with Stormont leaders over the Northern Ireland Protocol in Belfast, Northern Ireland, February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Lorraine O'Sullivan/File Photo

The leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to Northern Ireland will not change his party's more than year-long boycott of the region's power-sharing government.

"It doesn't change the political dynamic in Northern Ireland. We know what needs to happen," Donaldson told reporters when asked if the president's visit made any difference to his party's stance.