Iceland's leader won't be around to welcome Pence

1 / 4Iceland US PenceFILE - In this Monday, March 19, 2018 file photo, Prime Minister of Iceland Katrin Jakobsdottir attends a press statement in Berlin, Germany. Iceland's leader has announced that she will skip U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's visit to her Nordic nation, opting instead to keep"prior commitments" by attending a trade union conference in Sweden. Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir says on Wednesday, Aug.

"This visit, that was organized by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, has been bouncing a lot around the calendar so that it has been very difficult to organize oneself around it," she told Icelandic broadcaster RUV on Tuesday. Her office Wednesday confirmed that she had not changed her mind. Pence is expected to discuss Iceland's strategic importance in the Arctic and NATO's efforts to counter Russia in the region. In July, the United States announced it would invest $57 million on military infrastructure near Iceland's capital Reykjavik.

The office of prime minister holds the highest authority in Iceland, where the presidency is a symbolic position without much formal power.

Yes, the perfect snub.

Good...Pence has more important things to do than dance around her notions of 'global...anything'....

😂😂😂

Cold shoulder!

things crop up... gotta be flexible.

Everyone’s telling us to kiss off.

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