‘keep the peace’: biden begins northern ireland, ireland trip.

The US president will mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement and seek to support a post-Brexit trade deal. The Good Friday Agreement, also known as the Belfast Agreement, established a fragile peace between unionist parties wanting Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom and nationalists favouring unification with the Republic of Ireland. The breakthrough largely ended three decades of violence that left more than 3,500 people dead.