CLINTON WILL PAY VISIT TO OMAGH NEXT WEEK
Clinton will pay visit to Omagh next week
From Joe Carroll, in Washington
PRESIDENT Clinton will visit Omagh during his trip to Ireland next week to express his sympathy with the families of victims of the recent bombing.
The change in the Northern Ireland part of his programme was announced by a White House spokesman yesterday at Martha's Vineyard where the President is on holiday.
The spokesman said that in Omagh the President will "express his sympathy for the families there and for the community that lost so ninny loved ones". He added: "He also sees this as a way of continuing to support the peace process, making it clear that those who would use violence to stop the peace process will not succeed."
The President's original itinerary allowed for stops next Thursday in Belfast, there he would meet the new Assembly, and Armagh where there would be a reconciliation event. He would then travel to Dublin in the evening. The detour to Omagh will make this a long day for the President as he will leave Moscow very early that morning at the end of his Russian visit and summit with President Yeltsin.
Mr Clinton issued a strong statement condemning the Omagh bombing as a "barbaric act" soon after it happened.
From Joe Carroll, in Washington
PRESIDENT Clinton will visit Omagh during his trip to Ireland next week to express his sympathy with the families of victims of the recent bombing.
The change in the Northern Ireland part of his programme was announced by a White House spokesman yesterday at Martha's Vineyard where the President is on holiday.
The spokesman said that in Omagh the President will "express his sympathy for the families there and for the community that lost so ninny loved ones". He added: "He also sees this as a way of continuing to support the peace process, making it clear that those who would use violence to stop the peace process will not succeed."
The President's original itinerary allowed for stops next Thursday in Belfast, there he would meet the new Assembly, and Armagh where there would be a reconciliation event. He would then travel to Dublin in the evening. The detour to Omagh will make this a long day for the President as he will leave Moscow very early that morning at the end of his Russian visit and summit with President Yeltsin.
Mr Clinton issued a strong statement condemning the Omagh bombing as a "barbaric act" soon after it happened.
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Publisher: THE IRISH TIMES
Ref: IT/237
Published Date: 27-Aug-98
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