<span style="color: #222222;">In a speech hailing 25 years of peace, US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said that he hopes Northern Ireland parties will return to power-sharing soon. Addressing a small audience in Belfast, he said protecting peace in Northern Ireland is something that brings America together.<br />''<br />''Earlier Biden held brief talks with UK PM Rishi Sunak before meeting Northern Ireland political leaders. There's a huge police presence in Belfast as the US President begins a four-day visit to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Biden's visit marks the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement – a peace deal that helped end 30 years of violent conflict in Northern Ireland. The Good Friday Agreement – signed on the 10th of April, 1998 – largely ended three decades of sectarian bloodshed that had convulsed Northern Ireland since the late 1960s. The island of Ireland comprises the Republic of Ireland, which is a sovereign country, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom.</span><br />