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 Allt of margir með hugann annars staðar í umferðinni Innlent Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent Hætta sem sáttasemjarar í deilu Ísraela og Hamas Fréttir Óeirðir í Valensía og kallað eftir afsögn ráðamanna Erlent Baráttan hafin á TikTok: Traktor í skeifunni, kaldar kveðjur og endurkoma Innlent Missti stjórn á bílnum þegar klæðingin umvafði dekkin Innlent Ætlar 1750 kílómetra á þrektækjum á einni viku í minningu vina Innlent Yazan og fjölskylda leita að nýju húsnæði Innlent Bjartsýn eftir fund í Virginíu vegna Söndru sem afplánar 37 ára dóm Innlent Lögreglan bannaði bjór á B5 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 Allt of margir með hugann annars staðar í umferðinni Innlent Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent Hætta sem sáttasemjarar í deilu Ísraela og Hamas Fréttir Óeirðir í Valensía og kallað eftir afsögn ráðamanna Erlent Baráttan hafin á TikTok: Traktor í skeifunni, kaldar kveðjur og endurkoma Innlent Missti stjórn á bílnum þegar klæðingin umvafði dekkin Innlent Ætlar 1750 kílómetra á þrektækjum á einni viku í minningu vina Innlent Yazan og fjölskylda leita að nýju húsnæði Innlent Bjartsýn eftir fund í Virginíu vegna Söndru sem afplánar 37 ára dóm Innlent Lögreglan bannaði bjór á B5 Innlent