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 70 milljóna króna halli vegna uppsagnar samningsins Innlent Tók 12 ár að breyta reglum um bætur vegna seinkun flugferða Erlent Sækja WorldPride í skugga bakslags í réttindum hinsegin fólks Innlent Jöklar hér á landi minnkað um eina Lúxemborg Innlent Vísbendingar um að síðasta vígið sé fallið Innlent Beðasléttur í borginni: Óttast óafturkræfan skaða á Laugarnesi Innlent Ummæli Kolbrúnar blaut tuska í andlit ungmenna Innlent Kýldi konu eftir kynmök: „Hvað, getur þú ekki meira?“ Innlent Grófu látin og særð börn upp úr rústum Erlent Efla viðveru danska hersins á Grænlandi 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 70 milljóna króna halli vegna uppsagnar samningsins Innlent Tók 12 ár að breyta reglum um bætur vegna seinkun flugferða Erlent Sækja WorldPride í skugga bakslags í réttindum hinsegin fólks Innlent Jöklar hér á landi minnkað um eina Lúxemborg Innlent Vísbendingar um að síðasta vígið sé fallið Innlent Beðasléttur í borginni: Óttast óafturkræfan skaða á Laugarnesi Innlent Ummæli Kolbrúnar blaut tuska í andlit ungmenna Innlent Kýldi konu eftir kynmök: „Hvað, getur þú ekki meira?“ Innlent Grófu látin og særð börn upp úr rústum Erlent Efla viðveru danska hersins á Grænlandi Erlent