Iceland and Estonia: 30 years of friendly relations

H.E. Mr. GUÐNI TH. JÓHANNESSON,

President of Iceland, ERR, September 2011

Thursday, August 26, marked the thirtieth anniversary of the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Iceland and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Iceland was in fact the first country to recognize the restoration of independence of the three countries, which in Estonia’s case happened less than a week earlier, on August 20 1991. President of Iceland H.E. Mr. Guðni Th. Jóhannesson has written this piece, reflecting on the occasion.

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