and he can make the company profitable once again but that it hasn t been easy. it s been really quite a stressful situation over the last several months. not an easy one. but apart from the pain, i mean, so it s been quite painful. we are expecting president biden to arrive here as you ll see university soon and to address students inside. we have spoken to them already today. a huge sense of anticipation inside the university, it is not often that you have a president in town and is the world spotlight on your country. a lot of expectation around what he will say, the words he will use today. we know he will talk about the good friday agreement, 25 years since that was signed, but there will be lots of people looking at the language that he uses, because, of course, there is no power sharing at stormont here in northern ireland. that is something that, we understand he is hoping to address when he meets political leaders here today. the rain and wind has gone, it has been a
he uses, because, of course, there is no power sharing at stormont here in northern ireland. that is something that, we understand he is hoping to address when he meets political leaders here today. the rain and wind has gone, it has been a lovely morning here in belfast, where he is meeting with by minister rishi sunak in his hotel. we have some pictures of that meeting between the two leaders at the grand central hotel. the main thing from president biden, he didn t take many questions at all, but he said that he was here to listen. it was not called a bilateral meeting today, but a bilatte meeting. we can see them there. we don t know whether it was a tea or coffee. we can show you a live picture we have from outside the hotel as well. lots of security here in belfast, as you can imagine.
notjust here in belfast, as you can imagine. not just local law here in belfast, as you can imagine. notjust local law enforcement and not just local law enforcement and police notjust local law enforcement and police officers, but also the secret service who are here from america. so live pictures coming to as as we follow president biden on this trip to northern ireland. let s bring in the bbc s northern ireland correspondence, chris page. what did you make of the bilatte meeting, chris? it you make of the bilatte meeting, chfis? you make of the bilatte meeting, chris? ., ~ , you make of the bilatte meeting, chris? ., ~ , ., chris? it felt low-key in nature, that was to chris? it felt low-key in nature, that was to be chris? it felt low-key in nature, that was to be expected. - chris? it felt low-key in nature, that was to be expected. this . chris? it felt low-key in nature, that was to be expected. this is chris? it felt low-key in nature, i that was to be expected. this is a
hard earned peace and progress of the good friday agreement that they are preserved and strengthened. we know that president biden did to briefly with all the leaders of the political parties here, and there were handshakes and a few warm comments were made, before he gave the address. earlier in the day, there was not a bilateral meeting between the british prime minister, rishi sunak, and president biden, it is being called a bilatte meeting because they met over to kathy at the hotel. let s have a listen to what rishi sunak had to say about that. it s great to welcome president biden to the uk for the fourth time since he s become president, but particularly to a part of the uk that is very special and dear to him. it also reminds us of the contribution that america made to the peace process as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. and president biden and i spoke a lot about that, and we spoke