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Falkland Islands: Argentina urges UK to return to negotiating table Argentina urges UK to return to negotiating table over Falkland Islands
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Argentina’s new conservative government affirmed on Sunday that it would continue to press the country’s claims to the Falkland Islands, which Britain insists it owns.Argentina’s new conservative government affirmed on Sunday that it would continue to press the country’s claims to the Falkland Islands, which Britain insists it owns.
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“Argentina renews its firm commitment to peacefully settling its differences, to international law and multilateralism,” the foreign ministry under the country’s new president, Mauricio Macri, said in a statement.“Argentina renews its firm commitment to peacefully settling its differences, to international law and multilateralism,” the foreign ministry under the country’s new president, Mauricio Macri, said in a statement.
Buenos Aires “invites the United Kingdom to resume as soon as possible negotiations aimed at settling fairly and definitively, the sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas (Falklands) islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich islands and surrounding territorial seas,” the statement said.Buenos Aires “invites the United Kingdom to resume as soon as possible negotiations aimed at settling fairly and definitively, the sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas (Falklands) islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich islands and surrounding territorial seas,” the statement said.
Britain and Argentina fought a brief war over the archipelago in 1982, in which 649 Argentinian servicemen and 255 British were killed.Britain and Argentina fought a brief war over the archipelago in 1982, in which 649 Argentinian servicemen and 255 British were killed.
Decades after the Falklands War, ownership of the rocky outpost remains at the center of diplomatic tensions between the two nations.Decades after the Falklands War, ownership of the rocky outpost remains at the center of diplomatic tensions between the two nations.
Argentina maintains that it inherited the remote, windswept Falklands from Spain when it gained independence.Argentina maintains that it inherited the remote, windswept Falklands from Spain when it gained independence.
Britain says it has historically ruled them and that the islanders should have the right to self-determination.Britain says it has historically ruled them and that the islanders should have the right to self-determination.