The US will appoint one of Obama's consultants in the White House as a special contact for energy co-operation with Iceland.
Iceland gets special US energy contact
Iceland's minister for foreign affairs, Össur Skarphéoinsson, and US President Barack Obama are reported to have discussed closer co-operation between their countries on geothermal energy at the Nato summit in Strasbourg.
8 April 2009 22:00 GMT
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25 November 2012 9:44 GMT
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