Rishi Sunak will welcome the US president to Belfast on Tuesday to mark the peace deal anniversary.
On Wednesday Mr Sunak will address a Queen's University Belfast conference about the Good Friday Agreement and will later host a gala dinner to commemorate the anniversary.It will connect international investors with Northern Ireland businesses and showcase the "best of what Northern Ireland has to offer", said the government.at Ulster University's newly-opened Belfast campus on Wednesday.
His visit to Northern Ireland will be shorter than many people had expected when it was first announced last month.But the UK and Irish government have said it should not be seen as a snub. Tánaiste Micheál Martin said it would be a "manifestation of [Mr Biden's] genuine commitment to the people of Northern Ireland".
"When we spoke recently in the White House President Biden was clear that in celebrating the Good Friday Agreement we should be looking ahead, not backwards," he said.
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