Falkland Islands

Friday, June 8th 2012 - 19:42 UTC
Browne turns down Timerman invitation to discuss Falklands next week in Buenos Aires

UK Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne turned down on Friday an invitation sent by Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman to visit Argentina. Timerman had hoped to meet with the UK government official in Buenos Aires when Browne makes his trip to the Falkland Islands next week.
Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 22:27 UTC
Fiji anticipates support for the C24 resolution on Falklands/Malvinas

Fiji will continue to be part of the consensus in support of the UN Decolonization Committee resolution regarding the Falklands/Malvinas dispute, anticipated the Pacific islands Foreign Affairs minister following a meeting with the non-resident Argentine Ambassador to Fiji, H.E. Pedro Villagra Delgado.
Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 22:21 UTC
New Zealanders “misinformed” about Malvinas war says Argentine ambassador

New Zealanders have been misinformed about the battle for the Falkland Islands between Great Britain and Argentina in 1982, the South American country's ambassador to New Zealand has told an audience in Palmerston North.
Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 21:26 UTC
Duke of Cambridge Falklands’ experience earns him his SAR captain wings

After sharpening his flying skills in the disputed Falkland Islands, the Duke of Cambridge has qualified as a helicopter search and rescue captain.
Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 21:20 UTC
UK blasts Argentina’s “domineering position” and attempt to impose a blockade on the Falklands

Argentina is trying to impose an “economic blockade” on the Falkland Islands, said Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne who made plain clear that the people of the Falklands are free to determine their own political arrangements and were not to be part of ”some sort of trade-off” over their heads.
Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 06:29 UTC
Argentine president attendance at C24 to discuss Falklands’ case, “misfortunate” and “most unusual”

The UK regretted as ‘misfortunate” and “strange” the announced attendance of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez next week to the UN Decolonisation Committee to claim sovereignty over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.
Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 05:34 UTC
CFK Malvinas presentation before C24 divides Argentine opposition

President Cristina Fernandez has yet to fulfil her wish to have the whole Argentine opposition represented next to her when she addresses the UN Decolonization Committee claiming sovereignty over the disputed Falklands/Malvinas Islands next week.
Wednesday, June 6th 2012 - 04:41 UTC
OAS calls on Argentina/UK to find peaceful way to solve Malvinas sovereignty dispute

The Organization of American States general assembly, meeting in Tiquipaya, Bolivia, passed a resolution urging the Argentine and British governments to find a peaceful way to solve the Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute.
Wednesday, June 6th 2012 - 02:05 UTC
UK at OAS assembly in Bolivia ratifies the Falklands’ people self determination

The UK ratified on Tuesday the Falkland Islands people’s self determination following a resolution from the OAS general assembly taking place in Bolivia calling on the two sides (Argentina and UK) to resume dialogue on the sovereignty of the Islands which are claimed by Argentina.
Tuesday, June 5th 2012 - 08:02 UTC
Argentina in Bolivia after strong OAS declaration in support for Falklands’ claim

Argentina’s Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman has a challenging and fragile mission in Bolivia: to obtain strong support from the OAS general assembly for Argentina’s claim over the Falklands/Malvinas’ sovereignty ahead of the UN decolonization meeting in New York which President Cristina Fernandez has promised to attend.