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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/21/falklands-sovereignty-not-up-for-discussion-says-rishi-sunak - Nice new president Argentina, but our position remains the same :)
Rishi Sunak has warned that the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands is not up for negotiation after Javier Milei,Argentina’s far-right libertarian president-elect, said he wanted to “get them back” through diplomatic means.
The British prime minister’s official spokesperson said the issue was “settled decisively some time ago” by the 1982 conflict in which hundreds of military personnel lost their lives, adding that the UK would “proactively defend” the islanders’ right to self-determination.
It follows diplomatic sabre-rattling during the election campaign by Milei, who won a resounding victory in the presidential race on Sunday, that Buenos Aires had “non-negotiable” sovereignty over the Falklands, the archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean known to Argentinians as the Islas Malvinas.
Milei, who has been nicknamed “El Loco” or the madman, reportedly said during a TV election debate: “What do I propose? Argentina’s sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands is non-negotiable. The Malvinas are Argentinian.
“Now we have to see how we are going to get them back. It is clear that the war option is not a solution. We had a war – that we lost – and now we have to make every effort to recover the islands through diplomatic channels.”
In an interview with La Nación, a daily newspaper in Argentina, he proposed that the UK hand over the Falklands to his country in a similar way to how Hong Kong was returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
The populist politician, who has described himself as an anarcho-capitalist and is said to have lauded Margaret Thatcher – the British prime minister during the Falklands conflict – said the views of those living on the islands “cannot be ignored”.
Rishi Sunak has warned that the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands is not up for negotiation after Javier Milei,Argentina’s far-right libertarian president-elect, said he wanted to “get them back” through diplomatic means.
The British prime minister’s official spokesperson said the issue was “settled decisively some time ago” by the 1982 conflict in which hundreds of military personnel lost their lives, adding that the UK would “proactively defend” the islanders’ right to self-determination.
It follows diplomatic sabre-rattling during the election campaign by Milei, who won a resounding victory in the presidential race on Sunday, that Buenos Aires had “non-negotiable” sovereignty over the Falklands, the archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean known to Argentinians as the Islas Malvinas.
Milei, who has been nicknamed “El Loco” or the madman, reportedly said during a TV election debate: “What do I propose? Argentina’s sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands is non-negotiable. The Malvinas are Argentinian.
“Now we have to see how we are going to get them back. It is clear that the war option is not a solution. We had a war – that we lost – and now we have to make every effort to recover the islands through diplomatic channels.”
In an interview with La Nación, a daily newspaper in Argentina, he proposed that the UK hand over the Falklands to his country in a similar way to how Hong Kong was returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
The populist politician, who has described himself as an anarcho-capitalist and is said to have lauded Margaret Thatcher – the British prime minister during the Falklands conflict – said the views of those living on the islands “cannot be ignored”.
