British Prime Minister Theresa May has written to a group of prominent Irish-Americans underlining the British government’s commitment to upholding the Good Friday agreement. In a letter seen by The Irish Times, Mrs May highlighted the government’s commitment to the 1998 accord. “The agreement, along with its successors, has been the bedrock of the significant progress that has been made in Northern Ireland over the past two decades,” she wrote. “As she notes in her letter the Good Friday agreement has been the ‘bedrock’ for peace and economic prosperity in Northern Ireland in the last 20 years,” he said. His visit will take place against a backdrop of heightened concern among Irish-Americans on Capitol Hill about the impact of Brexit on the Northern Ireland peace process.

Source: The Irish Times March 01, 2019 19:07 UTC