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 „Faðir minn stakk rýtingi í bakið á mér“ Innlent Kona sem sagðist vera Madeleine McCann handtekin Erlent Sagði upp eftir tíðindi dagsins og segir fleiri uppsagnarbréf á leiðinni Innlent Festist í fjöru á höfuðborgarsvæðinu Innlent Búin að loka fyrir kort ungmenna á veðmálasíðum Innlent Hamas reiðubúin að láta af stjórn Gaza Erlent Vilja breyta Landsbankanum í samfélagsbanka Innlent Búðarhnuplari í efri byggðum reyndist vera eftirlýstur Innlent Segir ekkert til í ásökunum KÍ um flokkadrætti Innlent Ákvörðun tekin án samráðs við nokkurn nema MS og Bændasamtökin 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 „Faðir minn stakk rýtingi í bakið á mér“ Innlent Kona sem sagðist vera Madeleine McCann handtekin Erlent Sagði upp eftir tíðindi dagsins og segir fleiri uppsagnarbréf á leiðinni Innlent Festist í fjöru á höfuðborgarsvæðinu Innlent Búin að loka fyrir kort ungmenna á veðmálasíðum Innlent Hamas reiðubúin að láta af stjórn Gaza Erlent Vilja breyta Landsbankanum í samfélagsbanka Innlent Búðarhnuplari í efri byggðum reyndist vera eftirlýstur Innlent Segir ekkert til í ásökunum KÍ um flokkadrætti Innlent Ákvörðun tekin án samráðs við nokkurn nema MS og Bændasamtökin Innlent