Bárður á Steig Nielsen

"Unlike most other governments, we decided early on that we wanted to influence the behavior of our citizens by issuing recommendations – not by making laws. Trust breeds trust – or at least that has been true in our case."

"The North Atlantic and the Arctic are increasingly in the spotlight of security policy, and therefore the active participation of the Faroe Islands and Greenland is also of growing importance. I'm sure it's going to benefit us all and I'm looking forward to getting started. I regard the new contact committee as a necessary modernization of the Commonwealth."