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Irish Leader, Biden Discuss Middle East, Northern Ireland

  • Simon Harris says Biden briefed him on call with Netanyahu
  • Visit marks 100 years of US diplomatic relations with Ireland

Simon Harris

Photographer: Ron Sachs/CNP/Bloomberg

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A White House meeting to celebrate a century of relations between the US and Ireland turned to concerns about the conflict in the Middle East, Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris said of his conversation with President Joe Biden on Wednesday.

Harris described the meeting as “very good” and that Biden had briefed him on his call earlier Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.