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 Ekkja hins látna: „Hann var enginn barnaperri“ Innlent Móðir um sakborning: „Matthías er blíður og góður“ Innlent „Tesla er ekki málið til að standa í svona“ Innlent „Unglingadrykkjan virðist vera orðin norm“ Innlent Alvarlegt hversu mörg börn skorti samkennd Innlent Trump gerir aðför að stjórn Seðlabankans Erlent Ísland gat ekki gert losunarmarkmið ESB að sínu Innlent Ríkið braut á konu með því að láta mál hennar fyrnast Innlent Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn aftur orðinn stærstur í borginni Innlent „Ég segi bara að þögn er sama og samþykki“ 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 Ekkja hins látna: „Hann var enginn barnaperri“ Innlent Móðir um sakborning: „Matthías er blíður og góður“ Innlent „Tesla er ekki málið til að standa í svona“ Innlent „Unglingadrykkjan virðist vera orðin norm“ Innlent Alvarlegt hversu mörg börn skorti samkennd Innlent Trump gerir aðför að stjórn Seðlabankans Erlent Ísland gat ekki gert losunarmarkmið ESB að sínu Innlent Ríkið braut á konu með því að láta mál hennar fyrnast Innlent Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn aftur orðinn stærstur í borginni Innlent „Ég segi bara að þögn er sama og samþykki“ Innlent