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Rubio visits Iceland ‘to discuss security collaboration’ as US boosts Arctic presence

Iceland has never had a military since gaining independence in 1944, instead relying on agreements with NATO and the United States
Iceland has never had a military since gaining independence in 1944, instead relying on agreements with NATO and the United States. © Jonathan Nackstrand, AFP

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to travel to Iceland on Monday, two weeks after Washington sealed a security pact with Denmark and Greenland on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Rubio will meet with officials in Reykjavik "to discuss economic and security collaboration", according to a statement by the US State Department.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel Monday to Iceland to continue pressing US interests in the Arctic, two weeks after Washington sealed a security pact on Greenland.

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