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The president is due to speak this afternoon at Belfast's Ulster University Campus. However, the BBC's Nolan Show reported that it has been shown a document linked to the visit.

US President Joe Biden urged Northern Ireland's feuding political leaders to restore its power-sharing government as he touted the potential for investment and growth 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement, which ended decades of armed conflict. The US president of Irish descent faced heated criticism from pro-UK hardliners.

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Belfast (AFP) - US President Joe Biden urged political compromise in Northern Ireland on Wednesday, using a brief visit to promote the benefits of enduring peace and investment, but faced heated criticism from pro-UK hardliners.

The choice of Ulster University's new Belfast campus as the setting of the US president's keynote speech in itself speaks volumes

President Joe Biden is in Northern Ireland to participate in marking the 25th anniversary of an agreement that helped the country achieve peace

After he leaves Belfast on Wednesday, Joe Biden will cross the border to attend engagements in Co Louth.

He is set to appear at the new Ulster University Belfast campus on Wednesday afternoon

President expected to emphasise US’s commitment to ensuring peace in Northern Ireland as he begins visit to island of Ireland

The signing of the Good Friday Agreement on April 10, 1998, opened channels for cooperation between businesses on either side of the Irish border and the emergence of an “all-island economy”. A quarter of a century later, shared economic ties are an important source of collaboration between north and south.

President Joe Biden’s opening of Ulster University is hugely symbolic, says the University’s student union President.