The new Argentine government under the ultra-liberal Javier Milei asked for this today, on the 191st anniversary of the British occupation of the Malvinas Sovereignty over the archipelago returned and expressed its willingness to resume bilateral negotiations with the United Kingdom.
“Today marks the 191st anniversary of the forced occupation of the Malvinas Islands by the United Kingdom, government and society at large We claim our right to sovereignty over the Malvinas“said government spokesman Manuel Adorni at a press conference in the Casa Rosada.
For its part, the Argentine Foreign Ministry issued a statement advocating the resumption of bilateral negotiations with the United Kingdom “to find a solution to this sovereignty dispute in accordance with the provisions of the relevant General Assembly resolutions.” the United Nations”.
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“The Argentine government wants to keep one mature relationship with the UKwhich envisages a substantive and constructive dialogue on all issues of common interest create a climate of trust conducive to resuming negotiations“says the statement.
Javier Milei's board, which has proposed to focus its international policy preferably on the United States, the European Union and Israel, is “convinced” that diplomatic means are “the only possible way” to find a solution to the diplomatic dispute Argentina and Great Britain claim this Sovereignty of the Malvinas, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islandsas well as other marine areas in the southwest of the Atlantic Ocean.
The Malvinas archipelago, 600 kilometers from the Patagonian coast, was the scene of a war between Argentina and the United Kingdom between April and June 1982, after the British-led military junta – then led by General Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri – forcibly occupied the archipelago was in control at this point.
The war, which ended in a British victory, claimed 649 Argentinians, 255 British and three islanders; and continues to be very present in the social, political and cultural life of the South American country.
Recently, the British government took the view that its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands was “non-negotiable”. For his part, Javier Milei, before being sworn in as president on December 10, assured that he “will exhaust all diplomatic channels so that (the Malvinas Islands) become Argentine again.”