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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

Joe Biden plans to visit Belfast to mark Good Friday agreement anniversary

Joe Biden speaks during the annual St Patrick's Day luncheon on Capitol Hill in March last year
Joe Biden speaks during the annual St Patrick's Day luncheon on Capitol Hill in March last year. This year’s event will be attended by Irish and Northern Irish politicians. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images

Joe Biden is to visit Belfast to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement despite the Democratic Unionist party’s continued boycott of the power-sharing government that the peace pact established.

The US president, who is of Irish heritage, is also expected to travel to Dublin as part of his wish to mark his family connection while in office.

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