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 Lögregla rannsakar alvarlegt slys í Lágafellslaug Innlent Sex vikið úr starfi vegna banatilræðis gegn Trump Erlent Fyrsta rafknúna flugvélin í dönsku innanlandsflugi Erlent Segir ummæli ráðherra um sig ógeðfelld Innlent Hélt á lokuðu umslagi Innlent Þingfundi frestað: Stjórnarandstaðan lagði fram „aðeins mýkri“ tillögu Innlent „Það er þarna sem rússneskir kafbátar fara í gegn“ Innlent Telur sig hafa orðið vitni að aðdraganda drápsins Innlent Fangaverðir á sjúkrahús eftir hópárás fanga Innlent Mennirnir þrír sjáist ekki í myndefni 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 Lögregla rannsakar alvarlegt slys í Lágafellslaug Innlent Sex vikið úr starfi vegna banatilræðis gegn Trump Erlent Fyrsta rafknúna flugvélin í dönsku innanlandsflugi Erlent Segir ummæli ráðherra um sig ógeðfelld Innlent Hélt á lokuðu umslagi Innlent Þingfundi frestað: Stjórnarandstaðan lagði fram „aðeins mýkri“ tillögu Innlent „Það er þarna sem rússneskir kafbátar fara í gegn“ Innlent Telur sig hafa orðið vitni að aðdraganda drápsins Innlent Fangaverðir á sjúkrahús eftir hópárás fanga Innlent Mennirnir þrír sjáist ekki í myndefni Innlent