During President Biden’s four-day visit to the United Kingdom and Ireland this week, he commemorated 25 years of the Good Friday Agreements and discussed a number of global issues with leaders, including the war in Ukraine. He also shared his family history and deep ties to Ireland.

On April 12, Biden highlighted the importance of people-to-people diplomacy by saying, “Twenty-five years ago this week, the landmark Belfast/Good Friday Agreement was signed. And it wasn’t easy. I was a United States senator at the time. And I worked very closely with my good friend George Mitchell, who will be here, I believe, within a couple days…And it took long, hard years of work to get to this place. It took a people willing to come together in good faith and to risk boldly for the future…And it took people all across Northern Ireland who made the choice to work for a brighter and a shared future."

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