UK/Argentina begin new dialogue and agree on areas of mutual interest including the South Atlantic

Wednesday, September 14th 2016 - 10:12 UTC

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The British Government and the Government of Argentina have agreed to an improved relationship through closer co-operation on areas of mutual interest, including on trade, security and the South Atlantic. A UK-Argentine joint statement has been agreed and released on Tuesday 13 September, following a series of high level meetings in Buenos Aires with Sir Alan Duncan - the first Foreign Office Minister to visit Argentina since 2009. Read full article

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HughJuanCoeurs
I'll just leave this here, shall I?

“ Of course this will not include the issue of sovereignty. The UK continues to strongly support the rights of the Falkland Islanders and our position on sovereignty has not changed - there can be no dialogue on this unless the Falkland Islanders so wish.”
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Roger Lorton
The reference to 1989 is to the 'sovereignty umbrella' when the issue of sovereignty was put aside “indefinitely”
Sep 14th, 2016 - 12:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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