54% Want to End Defense Agreement with US 20. júní 2006 12:48 According to the results of a Gallup poll sponsored by Social Democrat MP Helgi Hjörvar, 53.9% of the Icelanders surveyed are in favour of Iceland terminating its defence agreement with the US. 24.8% were against the idea, while 21% had no opinion. The survey comes in the wake of an announcement from the US State Department earlier this spring that the NATO base in Keflavík would be severely downsized. The defence agreement between the two countries - wherein the US pledges to provide for Iceland's defence - still stands, however, and talks are currently underway to work out how this agreement will now be upheld. Minister of Foreign Affairs Valgerður Sverrisdóttir has already said that the defence agreement will not be suspended while talks are ongoing. - pfn News News in English Mest lesið Fréttu af andláti föður síns eftir að hann var jarðsettur Innlent Greip inn í rán í Krónunni: Gengu út með „kjaftfullar körfur“ Innlent Sagði veikri dóttur sinni að hann vonaði að hún myndi deyja Innlent „Til hamingju með afmælið... og megi allir dagar vera annað dásamlegt leyndarmál“ Erlent Afleiðingarnar velti á Flokki fólksins Innlent Fundu fleiri vopn og handtóku suma á skemmtun á Selfossi Innlent Krefst fundar með utanríkisráðherra án tafar Innlent Kannast við tannstönglatrixið: „Nágrannavarsla er albesta vörnin“ Innlent Metallica kom Tomorrowland til bjargar eftir brunann Erlent Ógnaði lífi vegfarenda og lögreglu með ofsaakstri í Hafnarfirði Innlent
According to the results of a Gallup poll sponsored by Social Democrat MP Helgi Hjörvar, 53.9% of the Icelanders surveyed are in favour of Iceland terminating its defence agreement with the US. 24.8% were against the idea, while 21% had no opinion. The survey comes in the wake of an announcement from the US State Department earlier this spring that the NATO base in Keflavík would be severely downsized. The defence agreement between the two countries - wherein the US pledges to provide for Iceland's defence - still stands, however, and talks are currently underway to work out how this agreement will now be upheld. Minister of Foreign Affairs Valgerður Sverrisdóttir has already said that the defence agreement will not be suspended while talks are ongoing. - pfn
News News in English Mest lesið Fréttu af andláti föður síns eftir að hann var jarðsettur Innlent Greip inn í rán í Krónunni: Gengu út með „kjaftfullar körfur“ Innlent Sagði veikri dóttur sinni að hann vonaði að hún myndi deyja Innlent „Til hamingju með afmælið... og megi allir dagar vera annað dásamlegt leyndarmál“ Erlent Afleiðingarnar velti á Flokki fólksins Innlent Fundu fleiri vopn og handtóku suma á skemmtun á Selfossi Innlent Krefst fundar með utanríkisráðherra án tafar Innlent Kannast við tannstönglatrixið: „Nágrannavarsla er albesta vörnin“ Innlent Metallica kom Tomorrowland til bjargar eftir brunann Erlent Ógnaði lífi vegfarenda og lögreglu með ofsaakstri í Hafnarfirði Innlent