Deputy Secretary Kurt Campbell visited Reykjavík today for meetings with Icelandic Foreign Minister Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir and members of the Icelandic parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. Deputy Secretary Campbell and Foreign Minister Gylfadóttir also co-chaired a bilateral dialogue on the Indo-Pacific region.
In Deputy Secretary Campbell’s engagements with Foreign Minister Gylfadóttir and Icelandic parliamentarians, they discussed Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine as well as other shared U.S.-Iceland priorities such as our work together in NATO; economic security; protection of critical infrastructure; deepening our bilateral economic and trade relationship; clean energy production; scientific cooperation; and ensuring the Arctic region is peaceful, stable, prosperous, and cooperative.
During their Indo-Pacific dialogue, the United States and Iceland discussed opportunities and challenges in the region. Noting their shared commitment to advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific, they re-affirmed their support for the rules-based international order, to include the importance of upholding international law and freedom of navigation in the South China Sea and maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. They explored ways to strengthen relationships with countries across the Indo-Pacific region, to include on security matters, in part through deepening ties between NATO Allies and NATO’s Indo-Pacific partners. Deputy Secretary Campbell and Foreign Minister Gylfadóttir also discussed their concerns regarding the PRC’s continued support to the Russian defense industrial base.
