BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - APRIL 12: President Joe Biden is pictured at Ulster University on April 12, 2023 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
US President Joe Biden spends the day in Belfast meeting with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and delivering a sp BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) - President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Northern Ireland must "not go back" to the violence that scarred it for years before a U.S.-brokered peace deal 25 years ago, nudging politicians to resolve a political crisis that has left this part of the United Kingdom without a functioning government.Speaking of the economic growth Northern Ireland has experienced since the Good Friday Agreement ended 30 years of sectarian bloodshed, Biden said: "It’s up to us to keep this going."On his first presidential visit to Northern Ireland, Biden dangled the prospect of more American investment to help fuel economic growth — especially if Belfast’s fractious politicians resolve a stalemate that has put their government on pause."The simple truth is that peace and economic opportunity go together," Biden said during a speech at Ulster University’s new campus in Belfast.