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 Heimferðin frá Tenerife algjör martröð Innlent Trans kona á landsþingi Miðflokksins: Sagt að hún væri skömm við kvenþjóðina Innlent „Ísland fyrst, svo allt hitt“ Innlent Slapp með skrekkinn við myndatöku í Reynisfjöru Innlent Annar starfsmaður þingflokks Sjálfstæðisflokksins hættir Innlent Eldur logar á Siglufirði Innlent „Ég er ekki sammála þessari umræðu og þessari nálgun“ Innlent Ian Watkins myrtur af samföngum Erlent Andrés við Epstein árið 2011: „Við erum saman í þessu“ Erlent Hrakfarir á heimleið frá Tene: „Ferðumst innanlands á næstunni og engar jólagjafir í ár“ 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 Heimferðin frá Tenerife algjör martröð Innlent Trans kona á landsþingi Miðflokksins: Sagt að hún væri skömm við kvenþjóðina Innlent „Ísland fyrst, svo allt hitt“ Innlent Slapp með skrekkinn við myndatöku í Reynisfjöru Innlent Annar starfsmaður þingflokks Sjálfstæðisflokksins hættir Innlent Eldur logar á Siglufirði Innlent „Ég er ekki sammála þessari umræðu og þessari nálgun“ Innlent Ian Watkins myrtur af samföngum Erlent Andrés við Epstein árið 2011: „Við erum saman í þessu“ Erlent Hrakfarir á heimleið frá Tene: „Ferðumst innanlands á næstunni og engar jólagjafir í ár“ Innlent