hours ahead. he ll meet with the irish president and prime minister and deliver remarks to parliament also on the agenda special banquet dinner at dublin castle, this less intense leg of his trip follows a visit to northern ireland recalled on the main political parties to end their stalemate and resume the power sharing arrangement. alright so let s bring in cnn s kevin liptak, who is live in dublin. so kevin, a mix of business and pleasure for the president, take us through this leg of the visit and what s expected later. yeah if yesterday s visit to belfast was really kind of about this diplomatic engagement, hailing american diplomacy when it comes to the good friday agreement, the next several days i really about president biden trying to explore his irish roots here in the republic of ireland, and you saw that on full display yesterday in county louth, the president, touring streets packed with people, thousands who came out in the cold drizzle to see the american president. he w
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to make an address to the joint houses. so that will be the more formal part of his visit and his schedule today. later in the day, towards the evening, there will be a banquet dinner, there will be toasts by both the president and the tea search. and then that will round off his thursday evening and we will then see the next part of his trip to county mayo. like i said, his ties from his great great grandfather in valon are in county mayo. so a beautiful site there of the official residence of president michael d headings. and president biden will meet him as part of proceedings today. he started off his visit to northern ireland, a
appreciate your leadership and your personal leadership. it feels so good to be able to have this emerging stronger and stronger relationship between the united states and ireland. with full fanfare, president biden is welcomed as the guest of honour at a banquet dinner in dublin castle, where he talked about his proudly irish american mother, and how she believed he would one day make it here. sarah smith, bbc news, dublin. to china next, and brazil s president lula da silva is currently in shanghai on an official visit aimed at bolstering relations. ties between the two countries deteriorated under lula s predecessor, jair bolsonaro. on this trip, he s expected to sign some 20 deals with china, and on friday he will meet with chinese president xijinping. oliver stuenkel is a political analyst and a professor at the school of international relations at funda sao getulio vargas. he started by telling me what he thinks president lula wants from this trip.