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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

U.S.-Iceland Student Exchange Continues to Grow

The number of Americans studying in Iceland increased 52.9 percent from the previous year, according to the latest Open Doors Report from the Institute of International Education (IIE) and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational Affairs. More than 1,000 Americans studied in Iceland in 2017, nearly quadruple the total from 2011, according to ...

By U.S. Embassy Reykjavik | 14 November, 2018 | Topics: Education, Embassy, News | Tags: IEW2018

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