By Steve Holland BELFAST (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is not anti-British and his pride in his Irish roots does not preclude him from playing .
Biden will travel later on Wednesday to County Louth – midway between Belfast and Dublin – where his great-grandfather was born. Stormy weather is expected across the island.
U.S. President Joe Biden is not anti-British and his pride in his Irish roots does not preclude him from playing a supportive role in Northern Ireland's peace process, a White House official said on Wednesday.
Joe Biden said on Tuesday that his priority was to help "keep the peace" as Northern Ireland marks the anniversary of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that largely ended 30 years of bloodshed between mainly Catholic opponents and mainly Protestant supporters of British rule.
Biden will spend just over half a day in the U.K. region – including a meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak – before travelling to the Irish Republic