By India Today World Desk: US President Joe Biden arrived in Northern Ireland on Tuesday for a brief go to to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the Good Friday peace accord. He was greeted by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Belfast International Airport. However, a clip of their meeting has left netizens questioning if Biden did not recognise the UK prime minister.
In the video that has now gone viral, the US President seems to brush Sunak aside to greet one other individual.
After “pushing Sunak out of the way”, Biden salutes an officer. Netizens have shared the video and claimed that Biden saluted one other individual because of he did not recognise Sunak.
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However, an in depth check out the video reveals that Biden did greet Sunak, albeit in an unconventional methodology for two world leaders. Biden shook Sunak’s palms and gave a quick pat on the latter’s arm.
Biden, who’s fiercely completely satisfied together with his Irish heritage, spent merely over half a day throughout the British-run space sooner than travelling to the Republic of Ireland for a three-day go to. The 80-year-old US president calls Ireland “part of my soul”, and his go to consists of journeys to the hometowns of his Nineteenth-century ancestors.
US President Joe Biden meets with Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Belfast on April 12. (Photo: AFP)
Biden later met Rishi Sunak who said the UK’s relationship with the United States was “in great shape”. The meeting occurred at a lodge in Belfast.
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Published On:
Apr 13, 2023
