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WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) – USA President Joe Biden and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, the Great on post-Brexit trade rules during the two leaders’ meeting at the White House on Friday Britain–European Union they expressed their support for the agreement.
The leaders spoke briefly to reporters at the start of their meeting in the Oval Office, here Biden 25 years ago in Northern Ireland political reaffirmed its continued support for the Good Friday Agreement, which ended the violence.
Earlier this week Biden to the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland on the anniversary of the deal next month trip he said he intended to do.
Britain’s London and Brussels last month Europe They reached an agreement that seeks to ease tensions caused by the Northern Ireland Protocol, which sets trade rules after leaving the Union.
Biden said he spoke with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who signed the deal known as the Windsor Framework, during a meeting in California.
“I supported the Windsor Framework very, very strongly, and I know you do too,” Biden said alongside Varadkar.
Varadkar thanked the United States for its support of Ireland’s position on Brexit, which he said had “really made a difference”.
A key test of the deal will be his ability to persuade Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party, the Democratic Unionist Party, to end a year-long boycott of the devolution government in Belfast over original post-Brexit trade rules.
Varadkar told reporters after the meeting that Biden “wants to see institutions in Northern Ireland reopen and hopefully see the Windsor Framework fully operational”.
Before the meeting, Biden said he wanted to discuss the deepening of economic relations with the Irish leader and Russia in supporting Ukraine in the war with USAthanked Varadkar for being by his side.
Reporting by Jeff Mason and Rami Ayyub; Written by Simon Lewis; Edited by Mark Porter and Paul Simao
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2023-03-17 21:09:49
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