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 Hafi verið látinn fljúga þrátt fyrir þekkt andleg veikindi Innlent Ráðist að fólki við Breiðholtsskóla um hábjartan dag Innlent Umfangsmiklar og óútskýrðar rafmagnstruflanir á Íberíuskaga Erlent Vilja láta rannsaka aðild flóttateymis í máli Oscars Innlent Rafmagnsleysið „fordæmalaust“ en engar vísbendingar um tölvuárás Erlent Allt í rugli á Rauðahafi Erlent Benedikt telur undanbrögð útvarpsstjóra grátleg Innlent Allt á áætlun en Spánarfarar beðnir um að fylgjast með Innlent Hvetur Kanadamenn að kjósa sig Erlent Fólk eigi ekki að breyta sínu daglega lífi vegna frásagna af hópnauðgun 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 Hafi verið látinn fljúga þrátt fyrir þekkt andleg veikindi Innlent Ráðist að fólki við Breiðholtsskóla um hábjartan dag Innlent Umfangsmiklar og óútskýrðar rafmagnstruflanir á Íberíuskaga Erlent Vilja láta rannsaka aðild flóttateymis í máli Oscars Innlent Rafmagnsleysið „fordæmalaust“ en engar vísbendingar um tölvuárás Erlent Allt í rugli á Rauðahafi Erlent Benedikt telur undanbrögð útvarpsstjóra grátleg Innlent Allt á áætlun en Spánarfarar beðnir um að fylgjast með Innlent Hvetur Kanadamenn að kjósa sig Erlent Fólk eigi ekki að breyta sínu daglega lífi vegna frásagna af hópnauðgun Innlent