UPI By Sheri Walsh & Paul Godfrey
April 12 (UPI) — U.S. President Joe Biden marked the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement by telling the people of Northern Ireland that ensuring the peace deal and the Windsor Framework remain in place are the top priorities of his visit.
Speaking at Ulster University in Belfast, Biden said he wished for the Stormont Assembly to reconvene. The Democratic Unionist Party has boycotted the legislative body for 14 months, arguing the Anglo-EU Windsor Framework agreed to in February does not adequately address their concerns about post-Brexit trading arrangements.
“I hope the Assembly and the Executive will soon be restored,” Biden told the audience. “That’s a decision for you to make, not for me to make.
“Supporting the people of Northern Ireland, protecting the Belfast Good Friday Agreement, preserving the peace is a priority for Democrats and Republicans alike in the United States and that’s unusual today because we’ve been very divided in our political parties.”
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