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23 January 2026Statements

Statement by the Nordic Baltic States on Russia’s destruction of energy infrastructure in Ukraine

The Foreign Ministers of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden, the Nordic Baltic 8, deplore Russia’s continued attacks on Ukrainian cities, residential areas and critical infrastructure.

23 January 2026

UN Human Rights Council at Special Session condems crackdown in Iran

Iceland lead the call for a Special Session and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir, addressed the session today.

22 January 2026Embassy of Iceland in Washington DC

Key meetings for Permanent Secretary of State in Washington, DC

Trade and tariffs and Iceland´s and USA´s cooperation in the field of security and defense were high on the agenda, as were international affairs, including the topic of Greenland and the Arctic and the transatlantic relationship.

20 January 2026

Sweden conducts its first NATO Air Policing Mission in Iceland

A Swedish fighter detachment will arrive in Iceland in the beginning of February for a NATO Air Policing Mission. The detachment consists of six JAS Gripen fighter jets and up to 110 personnel.

20 January 2026

Iceland leads a call for a Special Session of the Human Rights Council on Iran

The United Nations Human Rights Council will convene a Special Session on Friday 23 January at 14:00 to address an unprecedented escalation of violence, arbitrary arrests and mass unlawful killings of protesters in Iran.

30 December 2025Statements

Joint Statement on the Gaza Humanitarian Response

Joint statement from the Foreign Ministers of Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom on Gaza.

25 December 2025Statements

Joint Statement on settlements in the Occupied West Bank

We, States of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom condemn the approval by the Israeli security cabinet of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank.

18 December 2025

Iceland ratifies the BBNJ Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity beyond National Jurisdiction

Yesterday, Iceland deposited its instrument of ratification of the BBNJ Agreement with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in time for its upcoming entry into force on 17 January 2026.

17 December 2025

Iceland Supports New Claims Commission for Ukraine

Iceland was among 35 countries that signed the Convention establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine yesterday. The signing took place at a diplomatic conference under the auspices of the Council of Europe in The Hague, with the participation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

10 December 2025

Joint statement on preventing and responding to non-consensual intimate image (NVII) abuse

Today, on this Human Rights Day and in the context of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, the undersigned partners of the Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse call attention to the urgent need to counter the creation, sharing and dissemination of non-consensual intimate images (NCII) as well as to provide victim/survivor centred resources and…

01 December 2025Embassy of Iceland in Madrid

Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs Formally Opens the Icelandic Embassy in Spain

Ms Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, formally opened the new Embassy of Iceland in Madrid today.

28 November 2025

NATO Secretary-General Rutte in Iceland

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte was given a tour of the security area at Keflavík Air Base and met with both Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir and Minister for Foreign Affairs Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir.