Government Support for Legal Action against UK Authorities

5 January 2009

Statement from the Icelandic Government
Concerning Legal Proceedings Against UK Authorities

Iceland’s parliamentary delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has opened a current affairs debate by suggesting that “a Council of Europe member state, the United Kingdom, was instrumental in bringing down the economy of another member state – Iceland.”

Here is the Icelandic Delegation letter

Letter from Jónína S. Lárusdóttir to Clive Maxwell, HM Treasury, 5-Oct-2008 which states:

Reference is made to the discussions you have had with the Ministry this weekend.
If needed the Icelandic Government will support the Depositors' and Investors' Guarantee

Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Isle of Man Action Group
Primary points arising from the meeting with Iceland’s Ambassador to the UK Sverrir Haukur Gunnlaugsson – 20 October 2008