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Re: Biden Rebukes Boris For Inflaming Tensions in N Ireland
Joe Bidens' Furious Rebuke to Boris Johnson For 'Inflaming' Tensions Exposed as He Lands in UK
The US President sent an extraordinary diplomatic rebuke to Boris Johnson over the Brexit row in Northern Ireland, on the pair's first meeting in Cornwall ahead of the G7 summit
Macron ALSO warned Johnson on NI deal
Irish Central, 11 JUN 2021.
First Lady Jill Biden and the PM’s new wife Carrie Johnson will enjoy tea on tidal island St Michael’s Mount while the two men agree a new Atlantic Charter.
With police and the world’s media swarming Cornwall, the Charter will seek to emulate the last one - signed almost 80 years ago by Churchill and Roosevelt - to “build back better” on post-Covid relations and the climate.
But President Biden - who has always stood proudly on his Irish heritage - looks set to use this afternoon’s historic meeting to press his case over Northern Ireland.
Tensions have been rising after Boris Johnson agreed to put Northern Ireland under EU rules as part of his Brexit deal - but then claimed EU checks on goods coming over from Britain were unfair.
Those tensions have already contributed to threats against port staff and the resignation of First Minister Arlene Foster.
Now the EU is threatening retaliation and tariffs as the UK threatens to unilaterally extend sausage trade from Britain to Belfast - which currently will be banned from July 1.
Lord Frost is expected to attend crunch meetings with EU officials to “take stock” in Cornwall, alongside the EU summit.
A UK source added yesterday: “We’d be very happy to talk to the President on Northern Ireland if he wants to talk about it.”
President Biden touched down in the UK for the first time, visiting US troops at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk before flying to Newquay.
Mr Biden told US troops: "We are going to make it clear that the United States is back and democracies of the world are standing together to tackle the toughest challenges and the issues that matter most to our future."
All eyes are also on whether Boris Johnson makes a firm commitment of vaccine doses to poorer countries at the summit.
The PM has so far refused to single out an exact number of donations.
Last night Pfizer and BioNTech said 500 million doses of their vaccine have been sent to the US government, which is donating them to around 100 low- and lower-middle income countries.
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