Foreign ministers of Iceland and Norway meet in Ireland
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- Icelandic Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir met Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide in Ireland.
- They discussed shared interests in maintaining the European Economic Area agreement and the outcome of a referendum.
- Gunnarsdóttir is attending an informal Gymnich meeting with EU foreign ministers and counterparts from several partner countries.
Icelandic Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir met her Norwegian counterpart, Espen Barth Eide, in Ireland, where an informal Gymnich meeting is taking place.
Gunnarsdóttir said on X that Iceland and Norway share an interest in preserving the European Economic Area agreement. The ministers also discussed the outcome of a referendum.
The meeting brings together foreign ministers from European Union countries and several of the bloc’s main partner countries. Gunnarsdóttir received an invitation during the summer.
The Icelandic Foreign Ministry says Gymnich meetings offer an opportunity for informal discussions among like-minded countries on common interests, particularly the situation in Ukraine. Foreign ministers from Britain, Norway and Switzerland are also attending, along with Canada’s Foreign Minister Anita Anand.
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Originally published by Morgunblaðið in Icelandic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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