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UK replies to Milei: “not the behaviour we expect of a democracy”
The United Kingdom has asked for a written statement to be placed in the official record of the UN General Assembly in response to Argentine President Javier Milei's address, saying Buenos Aires' conduct over the Falklands “is wholly incompatible with the principles established in the United Nations Charter and is not the behaviour we expect of a democracy”. Read full article
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Sep 24th, 2026 - 08:34 am - Link - Report abuse +1And so the sorry tale continues.
Lesson re-emphasised though. Do not give an inch to bullying and histrionics; and keep the guard up.
Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno exercised the right of reply before the plenary and said “the illegal British occupation of the islands dates back to January 1833”, when the authorities and the established Argentine population were expelled.
Sep 24th, 2026 - 09:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0I haven't met an Argentinian yet who can define what law was broken by Britain in 1833?
The usurpation game…Falklands Illegally Occupied?: Title by Conquest https://www.academia.edu/105742960/Falklands_Illegally_Occupied
that the United Kingdom “has no doubt” about its sovereignty over both territories...
Sep 24th, 2026 - 04:08 pm - Link - Report abuse -4Mmm, those lying British... a unilateral assertion is not a legal title; I have yet to meet a single Brit who can show me documentation proving why the islands “are British.” I would also point out that the United Kingdom has never cited the right of conquest as a basis for resolving the conflict.
Nor do they propose a dialogue to settle the dispute—such as through the International Court, arbitration, etc.—because they know their legal standing is weak, and their claim that there are “no doubts” is merely wishful thinking.
Self-determination? They should start by granting that right to those to whom it truly belongs: the inhabitants of their own territories—Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.
We propose that the inhabitants of the Malvinas Islands rejoin the country to which they naturally belong: the Argentine Republic.
Regards.
You do post some crap. you know very well the evidence does not support your claim, you know very well its you that needs to go to the ICJ but has refused more than once, Scotland had a vote and said no. their is no support in Wales for any independence from the UK, in time Northern Ireland NOT Ireland may choose to join the Irish republic, they will decide, at the moment the majority do not wish to join the Republic. and no the Falklands do not belong to Argentina and never have, such an idiotic post from someone who refuses to accept facts and chooses to live in a fantasy world, grow up you sully little boy.
Sep 24th, 2026 - 04:25 pm - Link - Report abuse +2Malvenense,
Sep 24th, 2026 - 05:28 pm - Link - Report abuse +3A couple of historical facts:
1765 Great Britain raised the flag and claimed the Islands - Argentina not even the Provinces of the River Plate - existed then.
1833 - the civilians who were at Port Louis when the British returned again in and removed the couple of dozen or so militia of the Independent Provinces of the River Plate - Argentina still did not exist then.
Were addressed by the British Naval Commander and explained that they were totally free to decide to leave or to stay and carry on their lives etc there - but those who elected to stay would have to accept British Rules and Law and in due time become British Citizens.
2 couples- 1 Uruguayan and 1 Brazilian chose to leave.
All the others elected to stay and thus become British - this thus included all of those whose home had been the Provinces of the River Plate.
Their names and numbers were listed and given to the Captain to the vessel the took all back to Buenos and another copy went back to Britain and both are in the respective Archives of your Navy and the Royal Navy.
The oldest who remained, who came from your country- died in the 1860s and her headstone at her grave is there for all to see in Post Stanley Cemetery - remember all those at Port Louis were moved to Stanley in the 1840s as the settlement was moved.
@ Islander1
Sep 25th, 2026 - 12:14 pm - Link - Report abuse -4A couple of historical facts:
When Admiral Anson suggested to the British Admiralty that they explore the Malvinas and Pepys Islands, the Spanish Crown objected on the grounds that these territories fell within its jurisdiction, and the exploration did not take place.
Under the legal standards of the time, merely landing and planting a flag without actual occupation did not confer sovereignty.
I am very familiar with the names of the individuals who chose to stay, as well as the names found in the cemetery.
Puerto Luis—later renamed Puerto Soledad—was the first settlement established on the islands, and it was not founded by the British.
The population was expelled from that location.
The British had no legal authority whatsoever to impose their laws on foreign territory or to propose that the population live under British rule.
One need only read the Pinedo report, Buenos Aires newspapers, and letters from authorities of the era; all of them concur in describing the events as an act of British aggression.
I recently read a comment by someone—with whom I agree—stating that, at the time, the way to establish sovereignty through state presence and begin occupying a territory was to set up penal colonies and military garrisons; the United Kingdom did this in many parts of the world, such as Australia.
Therefore, claiming that only the military garrison was expelled is, firstly, a massive lie; secondly, it demonstrates the presence of the Argentine state; and finally, it proves that the islands were not unoccupied. Islander, we do not intend for you to leave the islands, nor do we wish to change your customs or your nationality; we want you to integrate with the rest of Argentina, or at the very least, to begin a dialogue.
Regards.
Malvi
Sep 25th, 2026 - 01:34 pm - Link - Report abuse +3You want to 'negotiate' yet at the same time say there is nothing to negotiate.
In the famous words of General Galtieri...“The Argentine people are the stupidest people on the planet”.
@ Foster
Sep 25th, 2026 - 01:59 pm - Link - Report abuse -4The world has changed; what you are referring to predates Brexit, yet now there are renewed calls for a vote on the right to self-determination. Millions of British inhabitants wish to change their political status but are denied the opportunity—with priority given instead to a mere few thousand people in an occupied territory—yet such is the hypocrisy of the old empire.
You wish to end the Russian occupation of Ukraine, yet you continue the occupation of Argentina. Such is British face double.
@ darragh
Perhaps we are a stupid people—I don't know—and that is why we later suffer the consequences, such as the occupation of our country.
There is no hatred toward the British or the inhabitants of the islands, so I fail to see the problem with establishing a dialogue with them so they might reintegrate into the country. Thousands of British people live and work here without any issues, and no islander has ever explained to me the reason for the rejection of Argentina. In any case, I know it isn't everyone, and that not all islanders think the same way.
Regards.
Argie bot, you are so full of shit you need to change your nappy/diaper.
Sep 25th, 2026 - 02:45 pm - Link - Report abuse +2first Scotland had a once in a generation vote, the result was overwhelmingly in favour of staying in the UK, nothing has changed other than certain number of people do no accept the results of a democratic vote, that sounds familiar,
second Northern Ireland has a population of around 1,8 million, Catholic Nationalists slightly outnumber Protestant Unionists, but a large minority of nationalists still want to remain in the UK, their is still no majority wanting to leave.
as for Wales, their is miniscule support for independence,
you have no clue what you are talking about as usual.
then you compare the Ukraine situation to the Falklands, which is not remotely the same situation and you know that, but your BS continues.
hypocrisy ? that is exactly what you are, you falsely claim you where usurped but that is exactly what you did in Patagonia.
the islands where claimed in 1594 by Britain, the claim reasserted in 1690 and again in 1745, first permanent British settlement was 1765, in 1757 Spanish Amat governor sent a letter to Madrid saying no Spanish ship had ever visited the islands.
all this happened before you existed as a nation.
the islands where and are British and have never been remotely Argentinian.
only sick in the head indoctrinated people think otherwise,
grow up you silly little boy,
@Foster
Sep 25th, 2026 - 03:25 pm - Link - Report abuse -4The islands were claimed in... 1594? Based on an alleged discovery? With a latitude that doesn't match the islands?
You can't claim something that doesn't exist; besides, the islands had already been mapped by Andrés de San Martín in 1520—74 years before the alleged discovery. And considering that the map wasn't published until 1622, Andrés de San Martín's map predates the alleged British claim by 102 years!
Now tell me who is the sick, brainwashed one.
Your denial of British history is pathetic, your claims of older Spanish history is farcical. Andres never landed and never claimed the lands for Spain, re Governor Amat, and then you have the nerve to say our history is alleged. and yet successive Argentine governments have refused to go to court,
Sep 25th, 2026 - 03:43 pm - Link - Report abuse +2yes you are sick in the head , indoctrinated, tunnel visioned and a PL and a joke,
not only do you need to grow up, you need deprograming,
Aside from the frippery and flimflam on this forum from miscreant Argies. I would like to inform, that there is a pleasant young woman - “Roxy in the Falklands” who posts on TikTok. She talks about life there…
Sep 25th, 2026 - 05:28 pm - Link - Report abuse +1Malvinense 1833
Sep 25th, 2026 - 06:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Come back to me with one, just one piece of international law that Argentina can put before an international court that supports her spurious Falklands' claim.
“The behaviour we spect of a democracy” the uk negotiatee with a military defacto government to a cesion or a lease back of the islands and refuse to negotiate with the democratic argentine governments.
Sep 25th, 2026 - 06:59 pm - Link - Report abuse -3Adding they also say they no doubt abaut chagos sovgerany and hong kong
Before posting Zit do a little research about the Chagos Islands and Hong Kong, subjects you clearly know nothing about., the islanders and Britain will talk with Argentina tomorrow, only sovereignty is not up for discussion, ever.
Sep 25th, 2026 - 07:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Come on, folks, it is not, and never has been. It's a KLEPTOCRACY.
Sep 26th, 2026 - 02:37 am - Link - Report abuse +2To Malvi and Argie cit, the only argument Argentina has is UPJ. It has no other. It's legally impossible for UPJ to have changed the sovereignty of even a single millimetre of Spanish territory by 1833 because it did not meet the basic criterion to be able to change sovereignty without the consent of the existing sovereign. In other words Argentina's claim would have no legal basis even if the Falklands had been indisputably Spanish. Which they weren't.
Sep 26th, 2026 - 08:52 pm - Link - Report abuse +2Commenting for this story is now closed.
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