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 „Kynjafræði er pólitísk í eðli sínu“ Innlent „Allt sem er innan velsæmismarka verður tekið til greina“ Innlent Vilja fækka leyfilegum fjölda borgarfulltrúa Innlent Segir mjög litlar líkur á öðru gosi á næstunni Innlent Kviknaði í gömlum bústað við Rauðavatn Innlent TikTok hólpið í bili Erlent „Þetta er risastór áfangi og gleðitíðindi fyrir Kópavogsbæ“ Innlent Arndís Bára lögreglustjóri næsta árið Innlent Hætta við uppbygginguna vegna „neikvæðrar umræðu“ Innlent Rak sex eftir fund með umdeildum samsæringi Erlent
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 „Kynjafræði er pólitísk í eðli sínu“ Innlent „Allt sem er innan velsæmismarka verður tekið til greina“ Innlent Vilja fækka leyfilegum fjölda borgarfulltrúa Innlent Segir mjög litlar líkur á öðru gosi á næstunni Innlent Kviknaði í gömlum bústað við Rauðavatn Innlent TikTok hólpið í bili Erlent „Þetta er risastór áfangi og gleðitíðindi fyrir Kópavogsbæ“ Innlent Arndís Bára lögreglustjóri næsta árið Innlent Hætta við uppbygginguna vegna „neikvæðrar umræðu“ Innlent Rak sex eftir fund með umdeildum samsæringi Erlent