Editing Foreign relations of Iceland (section)

== Agreed Minute ==
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The Agreed Minute was a statute governing the nature of the U.S. military presence in Iceland. The Agreed Minute was last renegotiated in 2001. At the time, the [[U.S. Air Force]] committed itself to maintaining four to six [[interceptors]] at the [[Naval Air Station Keflavik|Keflavík]] base, supported by a helicopter rescue squad. The Air Force, in order to cut costs, announced plans to remove the four remaining jets in 2003. The removal was then delayed to address Icelandic demands for continued presence of the jets. After an unfruitful series of negotiations and two reshuffles of the Icelandic government the issue lay dormant until early 2006 when the U.S. Air Force issued an official statement that withdrawal of the aircraft was already being prepared. U.S. officials have since then argued that Iceland is in no need of a military presence.

NATO allies since then conduct [[Icelandic Air Policing|air policing]] after the U.S. Air Force withdrawal.