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 Aron Can heill á húfi Innlent Tónleikar stöðvaðir vegna veikinda Arons Can Innlent „Sorglega lítið eftir“ þegar sundkappinn var stöðvaður Innlent Ólíðandi að fá sektir aftur og aftur Innlent Ljóst að stjórnarandstaðan græddi ekki á „kjarnorkuákvæðinu“ Innlent Vínsalar látnir klára vakt eftir andlát í versluninni Innlent Maxwell boðuð á fund með fulltrúum Trump-stjórnarinnar Erlent Svona vindmyllur vill ráðherra fá samþykktar ofan Gilsfjarðar Innlent „Ef þú móðgaðist, þykir mér það leitt“ Innlent Þetta er fólkið á bak við Skjöld Íslands 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 Aron Can heill á húfi Innlent Tónleikar stöðvaðir vegna veikinda Arons Can Innlent „Sorglega lítið eftir“ þegar sundkappinn var stöðvaður Innlent Ólíðandi að fá sektir aftur og aftur Innlent Ljóst að stjórnarandstaðan græddi ekki á „kjarnorkuákvæðinu“ Innlent Vínsalar látnir klára vakt eftir andlát í versluninni Innlent Maxwell boðuð á fund með fulltrúum Trump-stjórnarinnar Erlent Svona vindmyllur vill ráðherra fá samþykktar ofan Gilsfjarðar Innlent „Ef þú móðgaðist, þykir mér það leitt“ Innlent Þetta er fólkið á bak við Skjöld Íslands Innlent