Bill Clinton: A 'miracle' the Good Friday Agreement survived Brexit

The original 54-page Good Friday Agreement document has been returned to Northern Ireland
Bill Clinton: A 'miracle' the Good Friday Agreement survived Brexit

Former US President Bill Clinton: “We all knew we were coming to the eleventh hour."

Former US President Bill Clinton has said it was a “miracle” that the Good Friday Agreement survived Brexit.

Mr Clinton said Brexit was aimed at the heart of the historic agreement signed 25 years ago in which he played a key role. The document ended 30 years of violence in the North, which had claimed the lives of 3,600 people and injured more than 47,000.

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