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Welcome, Ambassador Jeffrey Ross Gunter

We are pleased to welcome the new U.S. Ambassador to Iceland Jeffrey Ross Gunter. Ambassador Gunter presented his credentials to Iceland’s President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson on July 2, 2019. To learn more about Ambassador Gunter click here .

By U.S. Embassy Reykjavik | 5 July, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Embassy, News | Tags: Ambassador Gunter, US Embassy Reykjavik

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY POMPEO Iceland National Day

June 17, 2019 I extend my sincere congratulations on your National Day, on behalf of the people and Government of the United States. This year we celebrate 75 years of strong partnership between the United States and Iceland. I was proud to be the first Secretary of State to visit Iceland in over 10 years ...

By U.S. Embassy Reykjavik | 17 June, 2019 | Topics: News, Press Releases

Joint Statement on the Inaugural U.S.-Iceland Economic Dialogue

The United States and Iceland held their inaugural Economic Dialogue in Reykjavik, Iceland, on June 7, 2019. The Economic Dialogue was jointly announced by Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson following their meeting in Reykjavik on February 15, 2019. U.S. Acting Under Secretary of State ...

By U.S. Embassy Reykjavik | 12 June, 2019 | Topics: Business, Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Embassy, News | Tags: Economic Affairs, Iceland, US Embassy Reykjavik

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Visits Iceland

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Reykjavik on February 15, 2019, where he met with Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir and Foreign Minister Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson. In their meetings, they discussed security issues in the North Atlantic, Iceland’s upcoming chairmanship of the Arctic Council, and growing economic relations. During the visit, Secretary Pompeo and Foreign ...

By U.S. Embassy Reykjavik | 20 February, 2019 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Embassy, Environment, Europe & Eurasia, Key Officials, News, Political Affairs, Trade, U.S. & Iceland | Tags: Michael R. Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of State, US Embassy Reykjavik

Secretary Pompeo Meets With Icelandic Foreign Minister Þórðarson

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State of the United States, and Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, met in Washington, D.C. on January 7, 2019, and issued the following joint statement: The United States and Iceland have for decades enjoyed a very close relationship including in security and defense, Arctic affairs, trade ...

By U.S. Embassy Reykjavik | 31 January, 2019 | Topics: News, Political Affairs, U.S. & Iceland | Tags: US Embassy Reykjavik

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