ISL Deputy PermRep NATO, former POLAD JFCNF, Diplomat, Dpmt Dir MFAIceland, former MP, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Cmt & Dpty Speaker of Alþingi. Mom of 4.
A good run with my formidable team @IcelandNATO on our National Day🇮🇸 🎉followed by the traditional Icelandic pönnukaka - the best 🥞around. The perfect preparation for the #NATO Defence Ministerial meeting tomorrow.
Team building through 🏃♀️🏃 at the Brussels Ekiden relay marathon where my best team @IcelandNATO finished strong. A lot of fun and energy - and cutting edge design T-shirts.
Prime Minister @Bjarni_Ben and I signed a security cooperation and long-term support agreement between Ukraine and Iceland.
The fixed annual financial support for 2024-2028 is at least €30 million. Iceland pledged to provide Ukraine with long-term economic, humanitarian, and defense assistance, as well as to facilitate its future EU and NATO membership.
A unique feature of the agreement is that Iceland commits to continued support for the transportation of military supplies and equipment from NATO allies to Ukraine by chartered cargo planes.
We are grateful to Iceland for supporting our people in their defense against Russian terror and aggression.
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Good meeting in #Stockholm today with Vice Admiral Doug Perry, Commander of the Joint Force Command Norfolk and @JonaSolveig. JFC Norfolk is #NATO's newest operational command based in Norfolk, Virginia, #USA, focusing on the critical protection of the trans-Atlantic link and the #Arctic. #föpol @USAmbSweden@usembsweden@US2ndFleet
@JFCNorfolk Vice Adm. Dwyer and I had the pleasure of showcasing one of our great aircraft carriers @TheCVN69 to President of the Republic of Finland @niinisto today. Thank you for taking the time to visit our Sailors and see one of our warships at sea. 🇫🇮🇺🇸
An impressive visit today onboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Thank you, @SECNAV Carlos Del Toro and Vice Admiral Daniel Dwyer for the hospitality and good conversation on transatlantic security cooperation.
I am deeply shocked and saddened by the horrific reports of mass killings of civilians in Bucha and around Kyiv. Innocent families, including children, have been brutally robbed of their future. This war must end. Those responsible must face justice. #Bucha#standwithUkraine
A clear message from 141 member states against the war in Ukraine and in support of the UN Charter and international law! This was a good day for multilateralism and the UN🇺🇳.
Nordic-Baltic statement after the vote, see here https://t.co/yFRpG2mwsj
Thank you @JonaSolveig & @hirvonen_lauri for a very useful webinar on Nordic foreign and security cooperation with the political sections at 🇨🇦 Embassies in 🇩🇰,🇫🇮,🇮🇸,🇳🇴 🇸🇪. Looking forward to continuing strengthening Canadian-Nordic cooperation 🤝@CanadaIceland@Ulkoministerio
Yet another crack in the glass ceiling was made yesterday when Bryndís Kjartansdóttir @BryndisKjartan1 took the helm of the Security and Defense Directorate of @MFAIceland. She is only the 2nd woman in the history of @NATO to become chief of defense #CHOD of an Allied Nation.
Thank you @JeppeKofod for welcoming the #Nordic FMs in #Bornholm. Bjarnason report on Nordic #security and #foreignpolicy cooperation was well received and we now look forward to taking the proposals further. 🇮🇸🇳🇴🇩🇰🇸🇪🇫🇮Read the report here 👉https://t.co/f3kV6LgK9d