Today the three Baltic heads of state will be meeting with Icelandic parliament speaker Birgir Ármannsson.
On Friday morning an official ceremony will be held in Höfði House to mark the anniversary of diplomatic relations between the countries, attended by the Baltic presidents and their spouses, the foreign ministers of the three countries and the mayors of the capital cities of all four countries. Thereafter, in the presence of the heads of state, the foreign ministers of Iceland and the Baltic States will be signing a joint declaration covering cooperation between their four countries in international organisations in defending a world order based on the rule of law and their support for Ukraine.
Icelandic president Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson will be giving a talk at the University of Iceland about support for the independence of the Baltic States, during which the heads of state of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will also be speaking. After this, the Baltic presidents will be meeting with Icelandic prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir on the island of Viðey, while Minister Reinsalu and his Baltic colleagues will be having a lunch meeting with their Icelandic counterpart Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir.
In the afternoon, the presidents will be visiting the Hellisheiði power plant to see first-hand how green energy is produced in Iceland. The heads of state will also be visiting Þingvellir National Park, which in medieval times was home to Iceland’s parliament, the Alþingi. Finally, in the evening, President Karis will be meeting with Estonian citizens living in Iceland.
The head of state will be returning to Estonia on Saturday.
