Icelandic Minister of Finance Steingrímur J. Sigfússon said after a meeting with opposition leaders in the cabinet yesterday that the reactions of British and Dutch authorities to Iceland’s request on Icesave renegotiations are taking form.
Minister of Finance Steingrímur J. Sigfússon. Photo by Páll Kjartansson.
Sigfússon assumes that they will announce their decision over the weekend, ruv.is reports.
The meeting between Iceland’s political leaders, which ended around 6 pm yesterday, didn’t deliver any results.
Bjarni Benediktsson, chairman of the largest opposition party, the Independence Party, said after the meeting that nothing notable had occurred and that there was no news about the stance of the UK and the Netherlands.
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