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 Telur sig hafa orðið vitni að aðdraganda drápsins Innlent Fangaverðir á sjúkrahús eftir hópárás fanga Innlent Óvænt ávarp forsætisráðherra: „Við munum verja lýðveldið Ísland“ Innlent Segir ummæli ráðherra um sig ógeðfelld Innlent „Þjóðin þarf að fá að vita hvernig þau hafa hagað sér á bak við tjöldin“ Innlent Trump hrósaði forsetanum fyrir færni í eigin móðurmáli Erlent Hélt á lokuðu umslagi Innlent Sauð upp úr þegar Bryndís sagði Hildi fylgja vinnureglum Innlent Kemur kjarnorkuvetur á eftir kjarnorkuákvæðinu? Innlent „Alvarleg yfirlýsing frá formanni flokks“ 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 Telur sig hafa orðið vitni að aðdraganda drápsins Innlent Fangaverðir á sjúkrahús eftir hópárás fanga Innlent Óvænt ávarp forsætisráðherra: „Við munum verja lýðveldið Ísland“ Innlent Segir ummæli ráðherra um sig ógeðfelld Innlent „Þjóðin þarf að fá að vita hvernig þau hafa hagað sér á bak við tjöldin“ Innlent Trump hrósaði forsetanum fyrir færni í eigin móðurmáli Erlent Hélt á lokuðu umslagi Innlent Sauð upp úr þegar Bryndís sagði Hildi fylgja vinnureglum Innlent Kemur kjarnorkuvetur á eftir kjarnorkuákvæðinu? Innlent „Alvarleg yfirlýsing frá formanni flokks“ Innlent