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Iceland responding to ESA in 2-3 weeks

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Trade minister Arni Pall Arnason has said to the Icelandic media that Iceland will respond to ESA’s inquiry re deposit guarantee and non-discrimination in the coming 2-3 weeks. When I spoke to ESA director Per Sanderud this weekend he said ESA wasn’t setting any deadline for an answer but expected a speedy answer. I’m not sure that taking 2-3 weeks to answer will be defined as speedy.

My sources tell me that Iceland’s answer to ESA was drafted already last summer – ESA originally sent its inquiring letter in May 2010, set a deadline in July but didn’t insist on an answer as negotiations were ongoing. There shouldn’t be much need for Iceland to ponder over it. Except that, as an Icelander who lived abroad for many years, once mentioned to me: ‘Icelanders find it almost physically impossible to commit to anything, always want to leave some doors open.’

The doors to Icesave seem to be closing, one by one. But there is still the ESA door.

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Written by Sigrún Davídsdóttir

April 13th, 2011 at 8:15 am

Posted in Iceland

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