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 Strandveiðisjómaður lést Innlent Allkröpp lægð á leiðinni til landsins Veður Biður Höllu afsökunar á fréttum af meintum lífvörðum Innlent Ældi í rútunni og réðst svo á bílstjórann Innlent Samstöðinni verði mögulega lokað í kvöld: Vilja fá lögbann á boðaðan aðalfund Innlent Unglingsstúlka lést þegar hestur dró hana eftir jörðinni Erlent Tugir missa vinnuna í sumar Innlent Snurða hljóp á þráðinn í nótt Innlent Fötlun þýði ekki að börn njóti þess minna að róla og leika sér Innlent Hefur í hótunum við New York vegna „kommúnistans“ Mamdani 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 Strandveiðisjómaður lést Innlent Allkröpp lægð á leiðinni til landsins Veður Biður Höllu afsökunar á fréttum af meintum lífvörðum Innlent Ældi í rútunni og réðst svo á bílstjórann Innlent Samstöðinni verði mögulega lokað í kvöld: Vilja fá lögbann á boðaðan aðalfund Innlent Unglingsstúlka lést þegar hestur dró hana eftir jörðinni Erlent Tugir missa vinnuna í sumar Innlent Snurða hljóp á þráðinn í nótt Innlent Fötlun þýði ekki að börn njóti þess minna að róla og leika sér Innlent Hefur í hótunum við New York vegna „kommúnistans“ Mamdani Erlent