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29 June 2023

Excerpt from the Report of the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Parliament

The report provides an overview of Iceland's foreign relations and the main policy issues and events in that field in 2022.

29 June 2023

Security Forum on Critical Undersea Infrastructure held in Iceland

Representatives from all the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) participant nations and partners came together at Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, this week for a Security Forum on Critical Undersea Infrastructure. The forum brought together more than 70 experts for a structured facilitator-led discussions on hybrid threats to critical undersea infrastructure.

21 June 2023

Nordic Defence Ministers meet in Iceland

The Nordic Ministers of Defence met in Iceland for a two-day meeting where they discussed Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, closer cooperation between the Nordic countries in security and defence matters, and the forthcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius. Iceland hosted the meeting on behalf of the Swedish chairmanship of the Nordic defence cooperation (NORDEFCO).…

13 June 2023

Joint statement by Joint Expeditionary Force ministers

Defence Ministers from Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) partner nations met in Amsterdam today to discuss the current situation in Ukraine and explore how the JEF can respond to, and further mitigate, the security threats to our nations, including hybrid challenges.

09 June 2023

Iceland suspends embassy operations in Moscow

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland has decided to suspend operations of the Embassy of Iceland in Moscow from August 1st.

01 June 2023

JEF deploys its Headquarters to Iceland

The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) led by the United Kingdom with the Nordic countries, the Baltic countries and the Netherlands will exercise the deployment of its London-based headquarters to Iceland in June.

31 May 2023

Training for Ukrainian soldiers in combat medicine

Iceland has joined a UK-led training programme for Ukrainian soldiers. The programme aims to train trainers in combat medicine so that they can pass on their knowledge to other soldiers in the field.

23 May 2023

Support for fuel transportation of the Ukrainian army

The Government of Iceland has responded swiftly to Ukraine's request for increased capacity for fuel transportation, by purchasing ten fuel trucks for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two of which were delivered in the past week.

23 May 2023

End of Iceland’s Presidency of the Council of Europe

The Reykjavík Summit of the Council of Europe last week marked the end of Iceland’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. Latvia has now taken over the Presidency.

19 May 2023

Iceland becomes a member of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence

On May 16th, Iceland became a formal member of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn, Estonia. The Centre focuses on education, publication, research, and analysis in the areas of cyber defence and cyber security. Iceland’s flag was raised formally at the CCDCOE and Harald Aspelund, Iceland's Ambassador to Estonia delivered a speech during the ceremony.

17 May 2023

Accountability for Ukraine and democracy top agenda of the Reykjavík Summit

Today, the Reykjavík Summit, the 4th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe member States, concluded with important decisions in support of Ukraine and the core values of the Council of Europe of human rights, democracy and rule of law.