Icelandic Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir said she would like to see more respect for international law from the US.
During an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Mundoshe was asked how the country is dealing with the increasingly active competition between the US and China in the Arctic. “This is a question that a small country constantly asks itself when it sees how larger countries seem to divide the world into spheres of influence,“ the diplomat noted. “From the US, our most important ally, I would like to see even greater respect for the multilateral system and international law.“
At the same time, the foreign minister stressed that security relations between Iceland and the US “have never been as good as they are now, despite the 15% tariffs they imposed“. “Our defense strategy is based on two pillars: NATO membership and the defense agreement with the United States signed in 1951“, the minister added.“