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 Bubbi sendir út neyðarkall Innlent Julian Assange í heimsókn á Íslandi Innlent Allt bendir til verkfalls Innlent Býður sig ekki fram til áframhaldandi formennsku Innlent „Það er óákveðið“ Innlent „Ég hef aldrei skorast undan ábyrgð“ Innlent Segir Selenskí og Pútín að „hætta þar sem þeir eru“ Erlent Fréttamaður Ríkisútvarpsins sakaður um áreitni Innlent Aðgerðir flugumferðarstjóra muni bitna á fjölda fólks Innlent Ár frá morðtilrauninni: „Reyndi að drepa mig og það var eins og að drekka vatn fyrir hann“ 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 Bubbi sendir út neyðarkall Innlent Julian Assange í heimsókn á Íslandi Innlent Allt bendir til verkfalls Innlent Býður sig ekki fram til áframhaldandi formennsku Innlent „Það er óákveðið“ Innlent „Ég hef aldrei skorast undan ábyrgð“ Innlent Segir Selenskí og Pútín að „hætta þar sem þeir eru“ Erlent Fréttamaður Ríkisútvarpsins sakaður um áreitni Innlent Aðgerðir flugumferðarstjóra muni bitna á fjölda fólks Innlent Ár frá morðtilrauninni: „Reyndi að drepa mig og það var eins og að drekka vatn fyrir hann“ Innlent