Riyad Al-Maliki, the Foreign Minister of Palestine, visited Iceland to receive the diplomatic note in person and noted on that occasion that Iceland's recognition was important as Palestine was now recognized for the first time by a Western and northern European country.
巴勒斯坦外交部長里亞德·阿-馬里奇（英语：Riyad al-Maliki）親自去訪問冰島並接受外交照會，他指出，冰島對巴勒斯坦的承認是具重要意義的，因為那是巴勒斯坦首次被西歐和北歐國家承認。