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Jeremy Browne: “No doubt about our sovereignty over the Falkland Islands”
Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne has said there “cannot be negotiation on sovereignty unless and until the Falkland Islanders so wish,” following a statement by the Argentinean President.
'I would like to ask, on behalf of my country and the countries of Latin America... please reopen our negotiations over the sovereignty of the Malvinas,' Ms Kirchner said in a speech at the opening ceremony of the Madrid summit.
Foreign Office Minister of State for Latin America, Jeremy Browne said:
“We have no doubt about our sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. The principle of self determination as set out in the UN charter applies. There cannot be negotiation on sovereignty unless and until the Falkland Islanders so wish.
“The Lisbon Treaty clearly reaffirms the EU position that the Falkland Islands is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.
”While we disagree with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, we have a close and productive relationship on a range of other issues, including on economic issues in the G20 and on climate change, sustainable development and counter-proliferation.” (FCO/PR)
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Read all commentsSays it all really. There is no issue over sovereignty ... all that's left is the prospect of independence !
May 18th, 2010 - 01:16 pm 0Godd to know that the new Government is as willing to give Argentina the finger over the Falkland Islands as the last was.
Nothing has changed, the islands are British, the islands have been British since 1765, and the islands will remain British until the islanders wish otherwise....... NO PROBLEM :-)
There are only two questions left in respect of our Argentine friends!
May 18th, 2010 - 03:01 pm 01. Are eyes and ears connected to brain?
2. Does brain work?
Why is she asking on behalf of other Latin American countries?
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