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 Tónleikar stöðvaðir vegna veikinda Arons Can Innlent Aron Can heill á húfi Innlent Epstein-skjölin og Trump: Eitthvað virðist rotið í Danaveldi Erlent Mikið viðbragð vegna umferðarslyss Innlent Gylfi Ægisson er látinn Innlent Vínsalar látnir klára vakt eftir andlát í versluninni Innlent Hneig niður vegna flogakasts Innlent Ísraelskur ráðherra kynnir áform um þjóðernishreinsun á Gasa Erlent Tekist á um þéttingu byggðar: „Þá getur þú bara flutt til Kaupmannahafnar“ Innlent „Ef þú móðgaðist, þykir mér það leitt“ 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 Tónleikar stöðvaðir vegna veikinda Arons Can Innlent Aron Can heill á húfi Innlent Epstein-skjölin og Trump: Eitthvað virðist rotið í Danaveldi Erlent Mikið viðbragð vegna umferðarslyss Innlent Gylfi Ægisson er látinn Innlent Vínsalar látnir klára vakt eftir andlát í versluninni Innlent Hneig niður vegna flogakasts Innlent Ísraelskur ráðherra kynnir áform um þjóðernishreinsun á Gasa Erlent Tekist á um þéttingu byggðar: „Þá getur þú bara flutt til Kaupmannahafnar“ Innlent „Ef þú móðgaðist, þykir mér það leitt“ Innlent