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US President Does Not Want To See A Hard Border On The Island Of Ireland.

File image: Joe Biden/ POTUS Twitter.

Biden held a meeting with the UK Prime Minister.

The US President says he doesn't want to see a change to the Northern Ireland Protocol which would lead to a hard-border in Ireland.

Joe Biden had a meeting with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the White House yesterday, with Brexit and the North one of the topics for discussion.

The US President said a lot of the country's time and effort has gone into keeping peace in Northern Ireland.

Speaking in the Oval Office, both leaders agreed they don't want anything to happen which could affect the Good Friday Agreement


 

A senior UK Minister has said he isn't sure the US President fully appreciates how complicated the issue of the Northern Ireland Protocol is.

The UK's Environment Minister George Eustice says Mr Biden's been reading headlines

Those comments have been described as 'unhelpful'.

Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool, Jon Tonge, says the remarks would have caused some damage to UK-US relations

Washington isn't the decision-maker when it comes to the future of the Northern Ireland Protocol, according to the DUP.

Former DUP leader Edwin Poots believes the protocol undermines the Good Friday Agreement

However, Sinn Fein MLAs are welcoming Joe Biden's latest warning to Boris Johnson about risking peace in Northern Ireland, by tampering with the protocol.

Conor Murphy says the UK leader needs to listen if he wants to strike a trade deal with the US

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