Foreign Minister Gunnarsdóttir held talks with US Secretary of State Rubio

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, held talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Höfði House in Reykjavík today, the site of the Reagan-Gorbachev Summit forty years ago next week. During a press conference held later in the morning Foreign Minister Gunnarsdóttir and Secretary Rubio both highlighted the friendly relations between Iceland and the US, expressing a will to seek a deepening of the relationship, in the sphere of security and defense but also with greater economic cooperation. Iceland and the US share a bilateral defense agreement since 1951 and both are founding members of NATO. The Arctic, as well as global issues, including Russia´s illegal war on Ukraine, were also on the agenda of talks today.

Foreign Minister Gunnarsdóttir and Secretary Rubio were given a tour of Höfði House before proceeding to their meeting. Following their meeting the Secretary made his way to the House of Collections in downtown Reykjavík to meet with Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir. Foreign Minister Gunnarsdóttir was also in attendance. Subsequently she and Secretary Rubio faced the media at a press conference. Secretary Rubio departed Iceland this afternoon after paying a stop at Keflavík Air Base where he was given a tour of facilities and met with US Servicement presently in Iceland.