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 Möguleg slit á fríverslunarsamningi við Ísrael tekin fyrir Innlent Þyrlan kölluð út á mesta forgangi Innlent Aðsetur ríkisstjórnarinnar logar eftir árásir næturinnar Erlent Ákærðir fyrir hópnauðgun gegn ólögráða stúlku Innlent Vilja skylda samskiptaforrit til að skanna einkaskilaboð fólks Erlent Hótar að beita stríðsmálaráðuneytinu: „Chipocalypse Now“ Erlent Labubu bangsar ekki lengur velkomnir í Ísaksskóla Innlent Bandaríkjamenn handtóku yfir þrjú hundruð Suður-Kóreumenn Erlent Hringveginum lokað vegna umferðarslyss Innlent Rafmagnsflugvél reynd í áætlunarflugi í Noregi Erlent
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 Möguleg slit á fríverslunarsamningi við Ísrael tekin fyrir Innlent Þyrlan kölluð út á mesta forgangi Innlent Aðsetur ríkisstjórnarinnar logar eftir árásir næturinnar Erlent Ákærðir fyrir hópnauðgun gegn ólögráða stúlku Innlent Vilja skylda samskiptaforrit til að skanna einkaskilaboð fólks Erlent Hótar að beita stríðsmálaráðuneytinu: „Chipocalypse Now“ Erlent Labubu bangsar ekki lengur velkomnir í Ísaksskóla Innlent Bandaríkjamenn handtóku yfir þrjú hundruð Suður-Kóreumenn Erlent Hringveginum lokað vegna umferðarslyss Innlent Rafmagnsflugvél reynd í áætlunarflugi í Noregi Erlent