Posted by Dave (live from the International Whaling Commission in Anchorage, Alaska)
Following the recent general election in Iceland, there’s a new foreign minister in place, Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir. And yesterday, she said something on Icelandic TV channel 2 that contradicts the statements of Iceland whaling commissioner Stefan Asmundsson – who is, as you all know, very pro-whaling – aggressively so, in fact.
Ms. Gisladottir said that “we are sacrificing greater interests for lesser ones in this issue”, and that she didn’t set the instructions for the Icelandic delegation – who are sitting just down the room from me here in Anchorage. They were probably instructed before she came into office. What’s more, she hasn’t been in support of the hunt in the past.
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