VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-28
“Iceland's security and defense is guarded by our membership in NATO, but also, for many, more importantly, by a bilateral defense agreement with the U.S. since 1951. Now many people are sort of reconsidering the validity of that defense agreement,”
Eiríkur Bergmann · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-28
Bergmann discussed how Icelanders are reconsidering the validity of the bilateral U.S. defense agreement.
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