Tag: 1999 Agreement

• Friday, March 2nd 2012 - 21:33 UTC

  Any negotiations “must start from a position of trust” Falklands tells Argentina

  

  Negotiations must start from a position of trust and “it is hard to trust a Government who so easily break their word, and who deny our right to exist as a people”, said Falklands lawmaker Roger Edwards in response to the announcement by Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on direct air-links to the Falklands.

• Friday, March 2nd 2012 - 05:06 UTC

  Falklands distrust to Argentine proposal, but recall 1999 deal is ‘three sided’

  

  Falkland Islanders reacted with skepticism and further distrust to the latest announcements by Argentine president Cristina Fernandez regarding air links with Argentina, while Falklands’ elected lawmakers said the proposal was too ‘muddled’ and with errors for the local government to respond.

• Thursday, March 1st 2012 - 22:48 UTC

  UK expects Argentina to honour accords and refers any flights’ discussions to the Falklands’ government

  

  The UK expects Argentina to honour its commitments under the 1999 agreement allowing for flights to the Falkland Islands from Chile and insisted that any discussions on flights were a matter for the Falkland Islands government.

• Thursday, March 1st 2012 - 22:38 UTC

  Argentina wants to review 1999 accord with Aerolineas direct flights Buenos Aires/Falklands

  

  President Cristina Fernandez said Argentina will seek to re-negotiate the 1999 accord with the UK which allows for a weekly flight connecting the Falklands Islands and Chile, and replace it with three schedules a week but from Buenos Aires and in the country’s flag carrier, Aerolineas Argentinas.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2011 - 02:10 UTC

  UK protests to Argentina the interception of Falklands licensed fishing vessels

  

  The UK has protested to Argentina over its interception of Falkland Islands-licensed fishing boats, mainly Spanish in disputed South Atlantic waters and in the River Plate when they approach the port of Montevideo.

• Friday, September 23rd 2011 - 07:17 UTC

  UK government “regrets Argentina considering withdrawing from yet another agreement”

  

  The UK government regrets that “Argentina is considering withdrawing from yet another agreement with the United Kingdom” said on Thursday a spokesperson for the British embassy in Buenos Aires in reference to Argentina’s statement before the UN to further isolate the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Friday, September 23rd 2011 - 07:11 UTC

  Argentine threat to air link is “act of desperation” says Faklands’ lawmaker

  

  If Argentina goes through with its threat to suspend the Falklands/ Chile airlink it will be an, “act of desperation,” said Member of Legislative Assembly Jan Cheek quoted by the Friday edition of the Falklands’ Penguin News.