MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Argentina recalls events of 1833 and reiterates Malvinas claim
Liberation monument dedicated to the British troops that recovered the Falklands in June 1982 On the 177th anniversary of the “illegitimate occupation” by the United Kingdom of the Malvinas Islands, Argentina “repudiates” events of 3 January 1833 and calls on the UK to comply with the mandate of the international community and find a peaceful solution to the conflict.
An official communiqué from the Foreign Affairs Ministry released Sunday in Buenos Aires states that Argentina considers “incomprehensible the British negative to address the heart of the matter and to find a peaceful and definitive solution to the sovereignty controversy”, according to the international community mandate.
The communiqué reiterates once again the “permanent and sincere” willingness of Argentina to resume negotiations to find “a definitive solution to the dispute” and once for all put an end to the “anachronic colonial situation incompatible with the evolution of the modern world”.
The Argentine government also insists on its disappointment because the UK persists “in the reiteration of unilateral actions” in the Malvinas islands.
According to the Argentine version of January 1833 events “British troops in an act of force invaded” the Malvinas Islands, “an action which Argentina protested immediately and was never consented”, underlines the communiqué, similar to those it systematically releases every January 3.
In April 1982 the Argentine military dictatorship invaded the Falklands/Malvinas but 74 days later were repelled by a British Task Force sent by then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to recover the Falklands.
The British position has been that the Islanders have the right to self determination and as long as they wish to remain British, they will remain British, discarding all sovereignty talks.
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Jan 05th, 2010 - 06:03 am 0Which didn't happen.
“an action which Argentina protested immediately and was never consented”
Apart from the 1850 Convention of Settlement when Argentina and the UK settled all existing differences and Argentina ceased protesting. Then later revived the claim.
“anachronic colonial situation incompatible with the evolution of the modern world”
Imposing an Argentine regime, would impose an alien culture, subjugating and dominating the islanders, that would be an “anachronic colonial situation”
Whine and whinge all you like, the way Argentina carries on it becomes ever more irrelevant.
Oh Justin, then you say it's Argentine propaganda. Brain washing on your part, it's so obvious. And even if Argentine “carries on”, it doesn't seem to become “ever more irrelevant” among you on the islands!
Jan 05th, 2010 - 12:27 pm 0Islanders aren't but a bundle of British subjects who may descend -today- from the original British settlers brought by the Crown to populate the islands. This fact doesn't turn islanders into the international subject which is necessary to exercise self-determination. This is an objective fact the same as the continued protest of Argentine Governments ever since the act of force of 1833, which did exist despite islanders' (only islanders') views
Jan 05th, 2010 - 12:30 pm 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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