US president, UK premier meet in Belfast

LONDON

US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met on Wednesday in Belfast.

As part of a visit to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement, the two leaders held talks at the Grand Central Hotel in Belfast, the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland.

Welcoming Biden, Sunak said: The Belfast Agreement "has transformed Northern Ireland into the thriving place we see today."

"My focus is on building a better future for people here and right across the United Kingdom," he added on Twitter.

Meanwhile, party leaders in Northern Ireland have held a brief conversation with the US president.

Biden will depart for Ireland's capital Dublin after his speech at Ulster University.