BOYLE STATEMENT ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) issued the following statement commemorating the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland:
 “As we mark the 25th Anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, we must first acknowledge the historic progress and success that Northern Ireland has experienced because of it. The Good Friday Agreement has nurtured a generation of people who know only peace as their world --and not the darkness and violence of the past that ripped families and neighborhoods apart. The agreement has also provided a shared foundation for peace that has allowed Ireland’s border communities to thrive and grow over the last quarter century.”
 “The United States supports this shared peace in our role as a guarantor, by law, of the Good Friday Agreement. Our elected leaders have shown in recent years, on a bipartisan basis, that we will not stand by idly and watch one of the world’s greatest foreign policy achievements weakened or destroyed. We will continue to work with all in Ireland who are committed to peace, equality, and justice.” 
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