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Clinton is on her way to Northern Ireland, says website
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
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Following hot on the heels of Hillary Clinton’s appointment of a special economic envoy to Northern Ireland, it has been reported the US Secretary of State will visit Northern Ireland in mid-October.
According to an Irish-American website in New York, Secretary Clinton intends to visit Belfast as part of a two-day sprint that will also include stops in Dublin and London.
Discussions during the Belfast and Dublin legs of the visit will reportedly focus on the recent surge in dissident republican violence.
Ten days ago, Secretary Clinton appointed Tipperary-born businessman Declan Kelly as the new US economic envoy to Northern Ireland. It is believed that Mr Kelly, who visited Belfast last week, will accompany Mrs Clinton.
The State Department declined to confirm or deny whether Secretary Clinton will be making the trip.
Mr Kelly will meet with Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness this week in New York, where the pair will be attending the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. On Wednesday afternoon there will be a special one-hour session set aside to discuss Northern Ireland.
On Thursday, Kelly will host the two first ministers at a breakfast meeting with top New York area business leaders in midtown Manhattan.
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