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 Gufunesmálið: „Þetta átti aldrei að fara svona“ Innlent Gefur sig fram fimmtíu árum eftir bankarán í Kópavogi Innlent Skjálfti fannst á höfuðborgarsvæðinu Innlent Sálfræðingar rukka hátt í 26 þúsund krónur Innlent Íslendingur grunaður um heimilisofbeldi handtekinn í Grikklandi Innlent Simmi lýsir áralöngu umsáturseinelti: Sat um hann í bílakjallara Innlent Alvarlegt vinnuslys í Skagafirði Innlent Styttan tekin niður eftir harðar deilur um klúran barm Erlent „Það fer enginn lífvörður út í“ Innlent Neitar að hitta Pútín án Selenskís 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 Gufunesmálið: „Þetta átti aldrei að fara svona“ Innlent Gefur sig fram fimmtíu árum eftir bankarán í Kópavogi Innlent Skjálfti fannst á höfuðborgarsvæðinu Innlent Sálfræðingar rukka hátt í 26 þúsund krónur Innlent Íslendingur grunaður um heimilisofbeldi handtekinn í Grikklandi Innlent Simmi lýsir áralöngu umsáturseinelti: Sat um hann í bílakjallara Innlent Alvarlegt vinnuslys í Skagafirði Innlent Styttan tekin niður eftir harðar deilur um klúran barm Erlent „Það fer enginn lífvörður út í“ Innlent Neitar að hitta Pútín án Selenskís Erlent