Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Belfast Group 28 Get the latest nostalgia features and photo stories from Belfast Nostalgia straight to your inbox Invalid email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up No thanks, close We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. More info Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice Rishi Sunak is focusing on fulfilling the promise of the Good Friday Agreement as he prepares to host
Joe Biden in Northern
Ireland to mark 25 years of the peace deal. The Prime Minister said "making good" on the pledge of a "better future" for the nation is first and foremost on his mind ahead of the anniversary. The commemorations come amid a heightened terror threat in
Northern Ireland and powersharing in Stormont remaining collapsed amid post-Brexit tensions. READ MORE: Dissidents may try to 'grab a headline' amid Joe Biden visit, MP suggests Signed on April 10 1998, the Good Friday Agreement ended the 30-year conflict of the Troubles, during which more than 3,500 people were killed. Mr Sunak will meet the US president off Air Force One when he arrives on Tuesday evening. Mr Biden, intensely proud of his
Irish heritage and the US's role in the peace accord, will take part in a series of engagements in Belfast including a formal meeting with the Prime Minister. In a statement, Mr Sunak said the signing of the Good Friday Agreement was an "incredible moment" in the history of the UK. "It was a powerfully rare example of people doing the previously unthinkable to create a better future for Northern Ireland," he said. "It is that promise of a better future that we offered to everyone in Northern Ireland that I will be thinking of first and foremost over the coming days. "It is my responsibility as the Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom to ensure we are making good on that promise." Mr Sunak said he is "relentlessly focused" on delivering economic growth for Northern Ireland, which he said is crucial to improving living standards. He is expected to use Mr Biden's visit to drum up long-term investment for the nation, and announce that the
UK will host a Northern Ireland Investment Summit in September. The Prime Minister will address the "Agreement 25" conference at Queen's University on Wednesday before hosting a gala dinner. A major policing operation costing around £7 million and backed up by around 300 officers travelling from other parts of the UK will be under way around the anniversary. The
police Service of Northern Ireland ( PSNI ) has warned of the potential of dissident
Republicans launching attacks on police officers in Londonderry on Easter Monday. MI5 recently raised the terrorism threat in Northern Ireland level to severe, meaning an attack is highly likely. Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the leader of the
Democratic Unionist Party, has insisted the political vacuum in the nation caused by his party's refusal to re-enter Stormont is not to blame. In February last year the DUP withdrew its support for the powersharing institutions formed by the Good Friday Agreement as it
protests against post-Brexit trading arrangements. Mr Biden will leave Northern Ireland on Wednesday for the Republic, where he will visit
Dublin, Co Louth and Co Mayo. READ NEXT: Gerry Adams says DUP needs space to make up its mind on Stormont return SDLP leader Colum Eastwood: Unionists are engaging with our forum on Irish unity Green Party leader Mal O'Hara: We're not just Alliance with a greener message Alliance announce who will replace Patricia O'Lynn as North Antrim MLA For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage here and sign up to our daily newsletter here. Story Saved You can find this story in My Bookmarks. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Follow BelfastLive
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