New Defence Agreement with US 27. september 2006 10:20 Geir H. Haarde í Seðlabankanum talar um varnarsamstarfið. "The United States will defend Iceland when necessary, with all their armed forces," said Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde yesterday afternoon when announcing the new defence agreement between Iceland and the US. The agreement will replace the presence of US armed forces at the Keflavík base in Iceland. Haarde added that the agreement included response on various kinds of dangers and that under dangerous circumstances, Iceland would contact the US before notifying NATO. The Icelandic government will appoint a delegate to communicate with the US Army authorities and to obtain military information. This delegate will be based at the European operations base in Stuttgart, Germany, and another Icelandic delegate wil be apponted to the NATO military council in the Netherlands. The first formal defence meeting will take place soon in Reykjavik when Nicholas Burns, deputy Secretary of Defence will come to Iceland. The US army will hold regular military practice in Iceland, which the Prime Minister believes to be important so that US commitment is visible and credible. " Preparations for the first military practce begin soon and is scheduled for June next year." said the Prime Minister. News News in English Mest lesið „Síðasta sem hann vildi var að það yrði til nýr Stefán Blackburn” Innlent Saknaði þess að fá ekki einu sinni tölvupóst eftir fjörutíu ára starf Innlent Logandi bíll á hvolfi í Kópavogi Innlent Baðst afsökunar á miður fallegum orðum í garð annarra verjenda Innlent Samfélagið í molum eftir fráfall ungrar konu: „Við erum enn þá í áfalli“ Innlent Ákærður fyrir að nauðga barni frá því að það var tveggja ára Innlent „Honum var kastað til hliðar eins og hverju öðru drasli“ Innlent Hildur segir af sér til að forðast átök Innlent „Enginn engill“ en heldur ekki morðingi Innlent Verjandi Lúkasar: „Þetta er bissness, þetta er viðskiptahugmynd“ Innlent
"The United States will defend Iceland when necessary, with all their armed forces," said Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde yesterday afternoon when announcing the new defence agreement between Iceland and the US. The agreement will replace the presence of US armed forces at the Keflavík base in Iceland. Haarde added that the agreement included response on various kinds of dangers and that under dangerous circumstances, Iceland would contact the US before notifying NATO. The Icelandic government will appoint a delegate to communicate with the US Army authorities and to obtain military information. This delegate will be based at the European operations base in Stuttgart, Germany, and another Icelandic delegate wil be apponted to the NATO military council in the Netherlands. The first formal defence meeting will take place soon in Reykjavik when Nicholas Burns, deputy Secretary of Defence will come to Iceland. The US army will hold regular military practice in Iceland, which the Prime Minister believes to be important so that US commitment is visible and credible. " Preparations for the first military practce begin soon and is scheduled for June next year." said the Prime Minister.
News News in English Mest lesið „Síðasta sem hann vildi var að það yrði til nýr Stefán Blackburn” Innlent Saknaði þess að fá ekki einu sinni tölvupóst eftir fjörutíu ára starf Innlent Logandi bíll á hvolfi í Kópavogi Innlent Baðst afsökunar á miður fallegum orðum í garð annarra verjenda Innlent Samfélagið í molum eftir fráfall ungrar konu: „Við erum enn þá í áfalli“ Innlent Ákærður fyrir að nauðga barni frá því að það var tveggja ára Innlent „Honum var kastað til hliðar eins og hverju öðru drasli“ Innlent Hildur segir af sér til að forðast átök Innlent „Enginn engill“ en heldur ekki morðingi Innlent Verjandi Lúkasar: „Þetta er bissness, þetta er viðskiptahugmynd“ Innlent