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 Hætta með ökuskírteini í símaveski vegna Evrópureglna Innlent Ísraelsmenn undirbúi árás á skútuna með Gretu Thunberg um borð Erlent Trump sendir þjóðvarðlið til Los Angeles Erlent Hótar Musk alvarlegum afleiðingum styðji hann Demókrata Erlent Grafalvarlegt ástand í LA: „Þetta eru einhverjar fasískar leikaðferðir“ Erlent „Ertu kannski Íslendingur?“ Lífið Alþjóðlegir sérfræðingar ræða baráttuna gegn myglu í Hörpu Innlent Ríkisstjóri Utah heimsækir Eyjar: Mormónarnir vissu allt um sprönguna Innlent Rannsökuðu eigin samsæriskenningar um fljúgandi furðuhluti Erlent Eftirlýstur maður handtekinn grunaður um vændiskaup 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 Hætta með ökuskírteini í símaveski vegna Evrópureglna Innlent Ísraelsmenn undirbúi árás á skútuna með Gretu Thunberg um borð Erlent Trump sendir þjóðvarðlið til Los Angeles Erlent Hótar Musk alvarlegum afleiðingum styðji hann Demókrata Erlent Grafalvarlegt ástand í LA: „Þetta eru einhverjar fasískar leikaðferðir“ Erlent „Ertu kannski Íslendingur?“ Lífið Alþjóðlegir sérfræðingar ræða baráttuna gegn myglu í Hörpu Innlent Ríkisstjóri Utah heimsækir Eyjar: Mormónarnir vissu allt um sprönguna Innlent Rannsökuðu eigin samsæriskenningar um fljúgandi furðuhluti Erlent Eftirlýstur maður handtekinn grunaður um vændiskaup Innlent