The former prime Minster of Norway, Thorbjørn Jagland, has proposed that Norway and Iceland should prepare a common strategy before launching membership negotiations with the EU.
Speaking at a conference in Oslo on Wednesday (5 May), Mr Jagland, who heads the Social Democrat opposition party, added that the Icelandic foreign minister Halldor Asgrimsson shared his opinion.
Mr Asgrimsson will become prime minister of Iceland later this year.
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