Lögberg-Heimskringla - 04.10.1991, Blaðsíða 7

Lögberg-Heímskringla • Föstudagur4. október1991 • 7
Government leads the world in formally establishing diplomatic relations with Baltic republics.
Formal diplomatic relations were established between Iceland
and the Baltic republics at a meeting between Foreign Minister Jón
Baldvin Hannibalsson and Foreign Ministers Lennart Meri, Esto-
nia, Janis Jurkans, Latvia, and Algirdas Saudargas, Lithuania, at
Reykjavík on the moming of August 26.
In signing the historic agreement,
Iceland became the first country in the
world to establish diplomatic relations
with the three fledgling states, who,
with the exception of Lithuania, were
part of the USSR until just a short
while ago, Lithuania having declared
its independence last January.
The foreign ministers of all three
republics took the opportunity to ex-
press their heartfelt thanks to the Ice-
landic people. Latvia’s Jiirkans ex-
pressed the general feeling when he
stated that Iceland had always been “a
staunch supporter of the independ-
ence of the Baltic states,” adding that it
was for this reason that the three re-
publies had chosen to accept Jón
Baldvin Hannibalsson’s offer to com-
mence here, before moving on for talks
with Germany and other European
states.
Even as the meeting was in progress,
offers were being received from several
other countries, anxious to follow Ice-
land’s example, while Hannibalsson,
for his part, took the opportunity to
remind the world that his country had
been first to “declare itself ready to take
up relations.”
Jiirkans concluded by saying that
Iceland had “broken the ice,” and by
doing so had paved the way for the
Baltic states to achieve the level of
international protection so necessary
before making a formal break with the
USSR.
At the meeting, agreement was also
reached on an exchange of ambassa-
dors and consular officials. Iceland’s
ambassador in Stockholm, Sigríður Á.
Snævarr, has been appointed ambas-
sador to Estonia and Latvia, with Ingvi
S. Karlsson, ambassador in Copenha-
gen, becoming ambassador to Lithua-
nia.
For the republics, Arvo Jiirgen Alas
has been appointed Estonian ambas-
sador to Iceland, and Dalius Cekuolis
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The first step on the road to international
recognition. The foreign ministers of the
Baltic republics: (L-R)
Lennart Meri, Estonia, Janis Júrkans,
Latvia, and Algirdas Saudargas, Lithuania.
the Lithuanian ambassador, both resi-
dent in Copenhagen. Jörundur
Hilmarsson, lecturer in linguistics at
the University of Iceland, has been
appointed honorary Lithuanian con-
sul, with the Latvian ambassadoryetto
be named.
Iceland concluded economic and
trade agreements with both Estonia
and Latvia, a similar agreement having
already been concluded with Lithua-
nia.
Courtesy ofNews From Iceland.
How do they differ?
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children is good for a marriage and
they want to have more children than
many of the other nations that took
part in the study. They are aíso very
acceptive of single motherhood— 84%
feel it is right for a woman to have a
child, even if she chooses not to marry
its father. In South West Europe, only
48% were of this opinion.
90% of Swedes feel that a woman
reaches independence by working out-
sidethehome. Only43% oflcelanders
believed that to be the case. The Ice-
landers and the Americans seem to
emphasize industriousness and work
more than other nations in their child
rearing practices.
Self-confidence & Self-esteem is
high:
88% of Icelanders say they believe
they can accomplish what they set out
to do. No other nation comes close to
this result. The average in Southern
Europe, for example, is 47%.
Icelanders are happy with life:
Only the Danes seem happier than
the Icelanders. 7% of Icelanders say
they are depressed, whereas, 10% of
Swedes, 22% of Fins, and 20% of sub-
jects in South and West Europe claim
to suffer from depression.
Space does not allow for a more in
depth reporting on this rather interest-
ing study, however, our Western Ice-
landic readers may want to have a bit of
fun with it, by comparing the Icelandic
value system with their own.
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