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 Skólamál í Kópavogi: Bókun eftir bókun á fundi bæjarstjórnar Innlent Sé hægt að gera byltingu í íslensku heilbrigðiskerfi Innlent Hafna „órökstuddum fullyrðingum“ Sigurðar Inga Innlent Glímdi við veikindi fyrir andlátið sem breyttu persónuleika hans Innlent Menningarráðherra skipaði son heilbrigðisráðherra í formannsstörf Innlent Gátu ekki opnað hraðbankann þrátt fyrir ítrekaðar tilraunir Innlent Grunaður hraðbankaþjófur nennti ekki með austur nóttina örlagaríku Innlent Þyrlan kölluð út vegna slasaðs manns í Gemludal Innlent Bylting framundan en Landspítalinn þurfi að hlaupa hraðar Innlent Stefna Open AI vegna sjálfsvígs sonarins 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 Skólamál í Kópavogi: Bókun eftir bókun á fundi bæjarstjórnar Innlent Sé hægt að gera byltingu í íslensku heilbrigðiskerfi Innlent Hafna „órökstuddum fullyrðingum“ Sigurðar Inga Innlent Glímdi við veikindi fyrir andlátið sem breyttu persónuleika hans Innlent Menningarráðherra skipaði son heilbrigðisráðherra í formannsstörf Innlent Gátu ekki opnað hraðbankann þrátt fyrir ítrekaðar tilraunir Innlent Grunaður hraðbankaþjófur nennti ekki með austur nóttina örlagaríku Innlent Þyrlan kölluð út vegna slasaðs manns í Gemludal Innlent Bylting framundan en Landspítalinn þurfi að hlaupa hraðar Innlent Stefna Open AI vegna sjálfsvígs sonarins Erlent