Joe Biden joins Boris Johnson and Irish prime minister in a call for calm after worst violence in Belfast in years
The White House has expressed concern over a week of riots in Northern Ireland, with Joe Biden joining Boris Johnson and the Irish prime minister in a call for calm after what police described as the worst scale of violence in Belfast for years.
In a statement, the US president’s press secretary, Jen Psaki, said: “We are concerned by the violence in Northern Ireland,” and that Biden remained “steadfast” in his support for a “secure and prosperous Northern Ireland in which all communities have a voice and enjoy the gains of the hard-won peace”.
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