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Joe Biden has met with Rishi Sunak on the runway in Belfast.Joe Biden has landed in Belfast to begin a four-day visit to Northern Ireland and Ireland, marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.
The DUP boycotted the power-sharing government over the first post-Brexit deal for the region and continues to oppose elements of the Windsor Framework. As part of the regulations, it is an offence to fly a drone in and around the Belfast City Centre area or within the vicinity of Belfast International Airport, the Police Service of Northern Ireland has said.Biden visit will be 'further push' to restoring trust 'undermined by Boris Johnson'
Commenting on the relationship between the UK, EU and Ireland, he said trust was being restored in the absence of the last UK prime minister. Discussing the framework and the suspension of Stormont, the former ambassador hinted American involvement could"nudge things along".By David Blevins, senior Ireland correspondent
It was Bill Clinton's peace envoy, Senator George Mitchell, who brokered the Good Friday Agreement, the president himself intervening in the final hours of negotiation. From there, the president has accepted an invitation to address a joint sitting of the Dail and Seanad of the Irish parliament on Thursday afternoon.
He is being held in a pre-trial detention centre at the notorious Lefortovo prison in Moscow and faces up to 20 years behind bars if convicted.
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