The US president often highlights his Irish roots and has taken a keen interest in issues related to the Good Friday agreement.
The US president often highlights his Irish roots and has taken a keen interest in issues related to the agreement.Following the talks, he told reporters:"It's great that we're going to see each other a lot over the next few months.The GFA was signed by Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern The Good Friday Agreement was signed with the aim to end the ongoing conflict in Northern Ireland at the time, known as the Troubles, which started in the late 1960s.
After Ireland became an independent state and Northern Ireland became part of the UK, Nationalists and Unionists fought for almost 30 years, until the agreement was signed on 10 April 1998. A new government was formed in Northern Ireland representing both sides in order to foster cooperation between the two communities.But Brexit rocked the political situation, with Northern Ireland being the only UK country to have a border with an EU nation - the Republic of Ireland.
Checks on the border would disrupt the GFA, according to both nations, so the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol was agreed in order to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland.with the EU in an attempt to overcome the issues with the protocol. The new post-Brexit deal was designed to reduce the number of checks on goods entering Northern Ireland ports by designating two lanes. Products travelling through Northern Ireland to reach the Republic - which is in the EU - will go via a red lane for all the relevant customs checks, while those being sent only to Northern Ireland will go via a green lane.
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