7/22/2004

No EU membership without full authority of Icelandic waters

Halldór ÁsgrímssonHalldór Ásgrí­msson, the Icelandic Foreign Minister, said recently in an interview that it is pointless to discuss whether Iceland should join the European Union while it is the policy of the Union to share territorial waters. He also said that the deal Norway had with the EU in 1994 would not do for Iceland.