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 Sárnar hvernig fjölskyldunni bárust tíðindin hörmulegu Innlent Nafn stúlkunnar sem lést Innlent Eyða ekki tíma í að eltast við sögusagnir Innlent Banaslys á byggingarsvæði í Árborg Innlent Bjarni segir brottvísunina standa Innlent Lífvarðaþjónustan segist meðvituð um tíst Musk um Biden og Harris Erlent „Ég er nauðgari eins og hinir mennirnir hér inni“ Erlent Telur litlar líkur á að Yazan verði vísað úr landi Innlent Bjóst ekki við því að þurfa á svartri vinnu að halda í ellinni Innlent Finnum sérstaklega til þegar börn eigi í hlut 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 Sárnar hvernig fjölskyldunni bárust tíðindin hörmulegu Innlent Nafn stúlkunnar sem lést Innlent Eyða ekki tíma í að eltast við sögusagnir Innlent Banaslys á byggingarsvæði í Árborg Innlent Bjarni segir brottvísunina standa Innlent Lífvarðaþjónustan segist meðvituð um tíst Musk um Biden og Harris Erlent „Ég er nauðgari eins og hinir mennirnir hér inni“ Erlent Telur litlar líkur á að Yazan verði vísað úr landi Innlent Bjóst ekki við því að þurfa á svartri vinnu að halda í ellinni Innlent Finnum sérstaklega til þegar börn eigi í hlut Innlent