The Argentine government has declared its rights to the Falkland Islands and called on the UK to negotiate to resolve the territorial dispute, according to the website of the country’s Foreign Ministry.
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On January 3, 1833, the United Kingdom forcibly occupied the Falkland Islands, a territory over which Argentina exercised its sovereignty rights from the earliest moments of independence, the statement said.
The status of the islands as an overseas territory of Great Britain was confirmed following a referendum by local authorities on March 10-11, 2013.
The Falkland Islands are an important transit point from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. In 1833, Britain captured these islands and declared them a colony, which outraged Argentina, which considered the territory its own. On April 2, 1982, Argentine troops captured the Falklands, but on April 5, London sent a combat flotilla there. After 74 days the conflict ended in British victory.
Now the Argentine Foreign Ministry believes that London committed an “act of force in peacetime,” contrary to international law and the position of Buenos Aires.
On January 3, 1833, the United Kingdom forcibly occupied the Malvinas Islands, a territory over which Argentina had exercised its rights of sovereignty since its early days as an independent nation. The Argentine government once again expresses its readiness to resume bilateral negotiations to find a resolution to this sovereignty dispute in accordance with the resolutions of the UN General Assembly, the ministry said.
Source: Racurs
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