Quick reply to Argentina: UK reaffirms Falklands’ right to develop hydrocarbons resources
Britain waited only a few minutes for Argentina to finish detailing a barrage of legal and administrative threats against anybody and everybody involved in the Falklands oil industry, and firmly stated its full support to the Islanders development of their hydrocarbons resources.
“Hydrocarbon exploration is a legitimate commercial venture and the British government supports the rights of the Falkland Islanders to develop their hydrocarbons sector,” a spokesperson for Britain's Foreign Office said on Thursday not long after Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman made a presentation announcing sanctions against banks and companies that partner with and/or finance oil companies conducting hydrocarbons drilling in the Falklands.
“This right is an integral part of the right of self-determination, which is expressly contained in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights” added the FCO spokesperson, referring to a United Nations' treaty.
“We want to have a full and friendly relationship with Argentina, as neighbours in the South Atlantic, but we will not negotiate away the human and political rights of the Falkland Islands' people” underlined the Foreign Office spokesperson.
The Foreign Office reiterated what has been official British policy, under Conservatives, Labour and the current coalition: there can be no negotiations on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands unless the 3.000 Islanders in full exercise of their right to self determination, so wanted such discussions”.
Timerman’s presentation provided details on the immediate actions that Argentina will take against the “illegal hydrocarbon explorations conducted in the South Atlantic.”
The minister explained that the United Kingdom “takes unilateral decisions and give exploration licenses to oil companies disobeying all UN resolutions indicating that decisions should be debated by the two countries as there is an existent sovereignty conflict going on.”
Argentina says Britain is flouting UN resolutions that call for talks and prohibit any unilateral action as long as the sovereignty dispute persists. Timerman said offshore oil exploration amounts to a unilateral move.
Timerman called the exploration and drilling activities “illegal” and said Argentina will bring civil and criminal charges to sanction the companies involved. “With these actions we assume the responsibility of defending Argentina's natural resources,“ Timerman said. ”The South Atlantic's oil and gas are property of the Argentine people“.
”We have run some research and found that not only banks, but also brokers, lobbyists and high risk investment funds are making Malvinas oil drills possible.“
Several companies have drilled in waters to the north of the Islands with Falklands’ government licences. Rockhopper Exploration has been seeking a partner to invest in the 2 billion dollars Sea Lion project, and Borders & Southern and Falkland Oil & Gas are set to drill wells south of the islands this year.
An industry source in London said legal action against companies involved in Falklands’ oil exploration ”will have no impact on Rockhopper's operations as they look to develop the Sea Lion project”.
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Timmidman back at what he does worst: diplomacy, Argentina style.
Now Argentina is threatening EVERYBODY AND ALL CORPORATIONS, BANKS, ETC who get involved with the Falklands (there are no Malvinas) oil exploration.
Of course, when they try that (and they will be stupid enough to try it) they will soon find out what big money will do: abandon Argentina.
Ha, Ha, another Timmidman own goal. I chuckle everytime I see his stupid face.
Rockhopper ' Oh good'
The name Argentina doesn't exist, better use it's real name.
does anyone know how many threats and demands they have now issued now and not followed through on?
more and more this is looking like an internal political game being played by Argentina rather than any serious threat externally.
I really dont see very much support coming for their stance from anyone stable and of any substance (Venezuela and Cuba doesnt count - i said “stable”). I think that the whole world is now a bit embarrassed by their words. Its a bit cringeworthy.
Pygmy politics at work from the professionals in that arena - Argentina, the home of the mentally unstable government.
but cry and shout and scream and act like a child.
As an investor i cannot wait to receive my letter confirming my sanctions from Mr Baldy and the mad woman. May even sell it on ebay to make a profit.
Ouch, that's ok Anadarko is used to lose billions in lawsuits...
www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/15/argentina-falklands-oil-idUSL2E8EF7LQ20120315
@13 Marcos, you really really don't get it.
Are these people on drugs? i'm being serious.
falklandsnews.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/argentina-defies-the-united-nations/
Sooner or later, the UN will have to apply sanctions against her, or face humiliation as a gutless organisation with no teeth,
Perhaps if Britain was not such a gentle and law abiding country, perhaps we could retaliate and apply a blockade of our own.
Sadly this is something an adult does not do to a delinquent child, as it would seem unfair.
But sooner or later, she will just run out of ideas to implement .
This is a ticking time bomb.
I think Cameron coming out and calling CFK nuts, might work. It would fire up a load of people in AG land, the Police would have trouble battening everyone. It would probably shut her up for the next decade!
You can switch fanatics on but you can't switch them off so easily. It's their Achilles heel and it's the one I'd be exploiting. The AG attack dogs are primed and ready to turn on themselves :)
Probably just the inverse is true, CFK is recuperating from a thyroid surgery and may still lack the proper treatment.
Argentina wants to control the whole of the Southern Cone and her neighbors should be weary, they are a nation of fanatical loons.
falklandsnews.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/argentinas-left-hand-v-right-hand/
...so what they are doing is passing laws that tells foreign investors that they can legally steal their assets should they chose to invest there.
I say go for it. The more the merrier.
They're just no better than 1990s Iraq.
Shall we have a sweep stake to see what their next embarrassing actions will be :-)
He could be one of ours.
Word 93 Paperclip: “I see you're looking to write a response letter to The Government of Marmierda, do you need help?”
FCO: *clicks yes*
Word 93 Paperclip: “Are they making themselves look ridiculous at the UN?”
FCO: *clicks no*
Word 93 Paperclip: “Are they making a statement with a country near them that secretly hates their guts and they're trying to screw economically?”
FCO: *clicks no*
Word 93 Paperclip: “Are they threatening to do something which will ultimately amount to nothing?”
FCO: *clicks yes*
Word 93 Paperclip:
”Dear Press,
The peoples of Marmierda (Argentina) don't seem to understand history, they don't admit that they don't listen to the ICJ, they don't listen to the UN Security council, and they are basically a new revision of 1930s Nazism, including the aggressive expansionism.
We tried to negotiate with them, but they either turned the negotiations into a military conflict, which they lost, or they just walked out of negotiations like a child. They unilaterally reneged on everything they've signed up to, with a constant threat of ending the remaining agreements.
They say they're peaceful, but there is no definition of peace that describes their behaviour, from economic blockades, prevention of shipping and attempts to disrupt the breeding cycles of squid.
We intend to ignore them until they implode,
Thanks,
^insert name^“
Word 93 Paperclip: ”Do you want me to send the letter?”
FCO: *clicks yes*
You have definitely excelled yourself with this.
I remember that damn annoying Word Paperclip, though I have to confess to using the puppy (dog lover that I am) until I found out how to turn it off.
But seriously, just when you think that this bunch of nutters cannot come up with anything worse: they do it!
I think you should do an open letter to Timmidman advising him of a checklist to use before each outburst, starting with 'is Mr. Foot ready? About to open mouth: where the hell has Brain gone, etc.
Jorge Lanata for President. Trebles all round.
Do you think that (oil drilling) would have worked with any other country (in Argentina's place).....let's say China, or Russia...or the USA?
Personnally, (American fighting spirit) I think they should have blown those oil rigs out of the water long time ago....Israel style!
You are right, they are calling Uruguay one of their provinces. It reminds me Germany's claims just before WW2.
In deference to your American fighting spirit (ahahahahahahahah), have you got your comics and your ice-cream? The enviable record of American (i.e. U.S.) fighting spirit seems to be mostly composed of missing targets and killing innocents, killing allied troops and killing people you are sent to rescue. What wonderful “fighting spirit”. Kill someone, anyone, doesn't matter who. If we've killed someone the “mission” is a success. Are you representative of “Americans”? You'd be with argies. Psychotic, brainless, irresponsible losers. Remember when the UK said “OK. If you want to. But not us.” It was Vietnam. How many did you lose? What about your aussie lapdogs?
You don't have enough brain to comment. You are American. Go lose yourself!
“HELLO IS THAT THE UN?”
“YES”
“IT'S ME HECTOR”
“YES”
“I'M CALLING ABOUT THE MALVINAS AGAIN”
Line drops
“HELLO, HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?”
Aid “SIR I THINK IT'S TIME FOR YOUR MEDICATION”
Hector “I MUST GET IN TOUCH WITH THE UN AGAIN, I HAVE TO MENTION THE MALVINAS EVERY 5 MINUTES”
Aid “WHAT ABOUT ARGENTINA SIR”
Hector “ARGENTINA? ARE YOU STUPID! I REPRESENT THE MALVINAS, NOT ARGENTINA!!”
Sound of syringe going in. Aid drops to the floor.
“HELLO IS THAT THE UN?”
“YES”
You say :
As an American................
I say :
There are neither American nor English here..........!
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A fool despises good counsel but a wise man takes it to heart
CONFUCIUS
To act like rampant rabbits is one thing,
But splitting hare’s is beyond a joke lol.
.
“Murky” doesn't have the brain of a turnip. Good counsel for argieland. You've tried for, let's say, 202 years. Failed. Be wise. Give up. Nothing argieland can
do will transfer Falklands sovereignty from Britain/Falklands to argieland.
Actually “MurkyThink” is probably “Think” in a new low (appropriate) class.
Have all the complaints finally persuaded MercoPress to delete the account of the “Think” turd?
Time to concentrate on the “MuckyTwinky” turd. This an argie government paid propaganda turd. Not a word of truth in any comment. Ignore and complain. End the argie influence.
The free Falkland Islands are NOT in South America. The Islands are in the South Atlantic. The South Atlantic does NOT belong to South America. It does not belong to the imperialist colonialist criminal argies. The world must unite to resist argie and south american imperialism.
“With these actions we assume the responsibility of defending Argentina's natural resources,” Timerman said. “The South Atlantic's oil and gas are property of the Argentine people.”
(source: www.buenosairesherald.com/article/95445/govt-will-sanction-banks-companies-and-funds-backing-malvinas-illegal-oil-drills-timerman)
..Wars maybe fought with weapons but they are won by men.It is the spirit of men who follow and of the men who leads that gains the victory..
General George PATTON
You need to get out there, you motherf*cking, queer, perverted, homo ass-f*cker. But I bet you wouldn't dare!
THE BIG SMOKE SCREEN!
I don't know where are from but,once i heard before that ;
UK Various Army Programs and recruitment services targets students as youg as 11 ,which includes a video games used a tool for Army Recruitment “” explicity marketed to children as young as 11 years old...
To have knowledge and not to think is a waste, however thinking without knowledge is just dangerious.
He then said:
Glasshopper, doubt not the fighting spirit of Hiroshema and Nagasaki, it was just that their bamboo spears proved somewhat ineffectual against the nukes.
You heard? You heard? You know what? I heard that if you tread on the cracks in the pavement you break your mothers back AND I also heard that if you run seven times round a Gravestone you can wake the dead.
Of course, having a brain and being in possesion of rational thought, I knew that these were just made up, fancyful statements with no grounding in fact.
I also heard that the Argentinians were a bunch of land grabbing, untrustworthy psycho's who would shoot their own citizens dead in the street for wanting a change of government. Of course I didn't believe that either..........until 1982.
Let me guess, you live in Argentina don't you? I bet you still think that the Falkland Islands are rightfully yours as well don't you? I bet you think that everyone from the UK hangs upside down in a Wardrobe to sleep at night and eats white mice for dinner.
That's the thing about lies, it's not the lie, it's whether the person hearing it wants to believe it or not. You, my friend, are blinded by hate, and it has got the better of your own commen sence. Everyone else doesn't believe that lie you just told.
What did i say here ?
I just said that there no any American$£British here !
What did i say here ?
The sentences not carry English spirit !
What do i say here ?
Could these forums $£ puplic opinion be manipulated
from Russians' south Magellan Strait bases !?
What do i say here ?
Do British have any courage to claim on these Russian Islands!?
Do Argentines have any courage to claim on these Russian Islands!?
What do i say here ?
Do British have any courage to drill oil at these Russian Islands around?
http://www.150currency.com/convert-FKB-RUB.htm
“Perhaps if Britain was not such a gentle and law abiding country, perhaps we could retaliate and apply a blockade of our own.”
If Britain would be gentle and law abiding country as you say shouldn’t be in this mess to start with.
Were not in a mess, we have Kebabs aplenty.
They must be removed from these islands, which belong to Argentina even before Argentina exist, it was taken from them. This and also by grace of God and Papal Bull of 1496!
In 1982 we have a much more macho government than today, we had a man in charge and no ordinary man, he was a General, from Italy, same country my grandparents came from, fleeing from British and American Imperialists after WW2 (it would take several generations and Berlusconi to put right what they did to Italy).
General Galtieri did not take no for an answer, he sent a great military force with special forces under command of our counter terrorist officers like Captain Alfredo Astiz, who is now in prison and should be freed!
These were the men who removed 50,000 left wing terrorists from our streets and delivered them into the Atlantic. We are proud that they had the guts to do what was necessary.
But today I listen to the BBC and it seems there are more left wing in our nation. I am in The Bahamas at the moment working in hotel so out of touch with my country. It seems all the strong people leave and only weak left remain.
But still there are veterans prepared to attack the police for medals for Malvinas War as they protected Patagonia from a British invasion, they deserve these medals, Police should not keep them from them.
Pirates and Anglos i hate all of you. Even here in the Bahama, have to put up with your Royal family, Prince Harry and the descendants of your Caribbean pirates some of which now Mullatos but others prefer stay white. I myself do not like. Or the children of British colonial pirates!
GO HOME BEFORE WE SEND YOU TO YOUR HOMES.
“Were not in a mess, we have Kebabs aplenty.”
Yeah, how could I forgot about that? Shame on me bloody ‘ell
mate quit providing links to that rubbish blog of yours. No one gives a sh** about it
Settle down, mate.
Don't get the Yanks offside as well.
l know that we're good, but we can't fight the “whole world”( ay, johnfarrel!).(OJ!)
@71 Heber,
lt makes more sense than the rubbish that you post.
@64&65Think,
Vot are you drying to zay, Commissar?
You're basically scared of the blog because it makes your argument weak and makes you look foolish, it also gives you a massive sense of dissonance because you also believe a lot of what the blog says.
Your superego wants you to be right. but your ego says your wrong... this is upsetting and instead you lash out at the blog.
Poor blog
Nope, not all!
I just find amusing that someone would come here to advertise their own blog!
@74 Why not, half-breed? You come on here to advertise argie crap!
Did Britain win in 1806 invasion or Buenos Aires? Nope
Did Britain win in 1807 2nd invasion of Buenos Aires? Nope
Did In 1845? Nope
So why don’t just shut up and keep smoking that rubbish that makes you feel so good.
doing what he does best....
getting owned
and the other Argentina crooks are her vice-president, Amado Boudou, he is actually an owner of the company that prints money for the government in Argentina, a major conflict of interest, but he denies it, he owns the company in the names of other friends and associates. He is being investigated and surely will end up in jail where he belongs. Cristinas 2 VERY UGLY children, Maximo and Florencia Kirchner, are also very corrupt. Maximo owns all kinds of hotels and properties adn Florencia is a film student in New York and lives in a luxury Park Avenue apartment and is known for major cocaine use. Some of us who know her in New York remember how she always used to tell us how her parents have a bank account drawn on the Nation of Argentina and for her family money is no object. These 2 corrupt children of Cristina Kirchner are self proclaimed “militants”, they belong to 2 internal terrorist groups which Cristina Kirchner finances, “La Cámpora” and “Quebracho”. “La Cámpora” goes around to the poor shantytowns around the cities in Argentina and gives the poor people a bag of groceries, a sausage sandwich called “choripan” and $20 pesos to buy their votes. These people have no choice but to accept this as they are extremely poor and have no other hope. “Quebracho” is a terrorist group which Cristina Kirchner pays to protect her, they disguise their faces and go around shaking down businesses to get money and give back to the president. They are also responsible for drug dealing, robberies and murders.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTBAjfgHLyk&feature=relmfu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=azwWSN2pukk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSvQw00SV-c
www.ripoffreport.com/government-worker/argentina-tourists-m/argentina-tourists-murdered-l-33f51.htm
www.ripoffreport.com/federal-government/cristina-kirchner/cristina-kirchner-cristina-kir-dc9b0.htm
And who cares?
None of those were “invasions” by any stretch of the imagination.
They were no more than “operations” very small scale at that.
Even the British did not win every engagement they ever fought.
They've got to have some victories to make them feel good!
You win some, you lose some.
Just as long as you win the last one.
Like we did in 1982.
AND if there's to be another one or more against Argentina, well, we'll win those too.♥
Answer. “Argentinian.”
Question. “What do you call someone who lives in the present?”
Answer. “The rest of the world.”
Argentina has asked British and US market regulators to probe whether oil companies that have explored off the disputed Malvinas Islands have told investors about the risks of their “illicit” drilling, the Foreign Ministry said.
Thus, the government has triggered a series of measures against oil companies conducting drillings in Malvinas Islands as announced a week ago by Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman.
In a communiqué, the Foreign Ministry revealed that last Monday both the New York Stock Exchange Executive Director, and the head of the London Stock Exchange were warned about the “illegal” activities being carried out by five oil companies.
The sovereignty dispute between Britain and Argentina over the South Atlantic archipelago has reignited in recent months as the 30-year anniversary of the Malvinas war nears and as findings by British exploration firms raise hopes of a potential tax windfall and boon to the islands' economy.
Argentina's foreign ministry said it sent letters to the London and New York stock exchanges this week, asking that the five companies that have searched for oil off the Malvinas be forced to advise investors that Argentina deems their activities illegal.
The letters, which were signed by Timerman and point out that “companies Argos Resources Limited, Borders & Southern Petroleum PLC, Desire Petroleum PLC, Falkland Oil and Gas Limited, and Rockhopper Exploration PLC, are illegitimately carrying out hydrocarbons exploration on the Argentine continental shelf, exposing themselves to administrative, civil and criminal sanctions.“
”We have solicited ... that they be required to make these illicit activities known and quantify the risks involved. In this way, the stock exchange will be able to evaluate if the firms can continue to list their shares or whether they must provide more information to the market.”
The companies trade in London but Argentina also advised New York regulators
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