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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 18:59 UTC

Tag: David Lammy

  • Monday, September 30th 2024 - 21:03 UTC

    Criminal complaint filed against Mondino for Lammy deal

    Carreras argued that the joint communiqué between Lammy and Mondino was instead an Agreement that should have gone through Congress

    Lawyer Valeria Carreras has filed a criminal complaint against Foreign Minister Diana Mondino for alleged “breach of official duties” and “abuse of authority” after the understanding she signed with the United Kingdom to renew the monthly flight between Córdoba and Mount Pleasant, which had been suspended under former President Alberto Fernández when the Foradori-Duncan agreement was denounced.

  • Saturday, September 28th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

    The Malvinas Question triggers Ladies in Anger

    The official picture of last Tuesday meeting between Ms Mondino and David Lammy

    The South Atlantic understanding, (and by extension to the Falkland Islands), agreed this week between the Argentine foreign minister and the UK foreign secretary has triggered quite strong reactions, reflecting an atmosphere of disarray in the Argentine political system.

  • Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 11:24 UTC

    Foreign Office statement, UK/Argentina made progress on different South Atlantic issues regarding

    Foreign Secretary David Lammy, and Argentine FM Diana Mondino, met in New York on 24 September and made progress towards a broad agenda covering different issues relating to the South Atlantic.

    Looking forward to a new era of constructive cooperation within the bilateral relationship, characterized by improved dialogue and confidence-building measures, the UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina, Diana Mondino, met in New York on 24 September and made progress towards a broad agenda covering different issues relating to the South Atlantic. It is agreed that the formula on the safeguards of sovereignty in paragraph 2 of the Joint Statement of 19 October 1989 applies to this agenda and its outcomes.

  • Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 01:40 UTC

    Falklands support of new cooperation agreement between UK and Argentina

    Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Diana Mondino

    On Tuesday, 24th September, following a meeting of Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Argentine foreign affairs minister Diana Mondino at the United Nations, Falklands openly supported the new era of constructive cooperation between UK and Argentina and released the following,

  • Thursday, September 12th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

    UK statement on Edmundo González Urrutia’s decision to leave Venezuela

    Gonzalez Urrutia currently exiled under asylum conditions in Spain has promised to continue struggling for freedom and democracy in Venezuela (Pic Reuters)

    “Edmundo Gonzalez’s decision to seek political asylum abroad follows months of repression and intimidation against opposition figures and civil society in Venezuela. It is a decision that no politician should ever have to make”, said Foreign Secretary David Lammy in a release from his Office.

  • Tuesday, July 2nd 2024 - 08:00 UTC

    Labour's emphatic NO to any Falklands sovereignty talks with Argentina

    Lammy (right) who is of Guiana origin, underlined the interest of a government headed by Labor leader Keir Starmer of closer relations with the Caribbean and South America.

    The United Kingdom Labour's foreign affairs spokesperson David Lammy replied with an emphatic NO, when asked if a British government led by the Labour party would be prepared to sit and discuss Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty with Argentine president Javier Milei.

  • Wednesday, March 30th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

    Falklands lawmaker meets Shadow ministers and attends CPA conference

    MLA Leona Roberts next to (L-R), MP John Doughty, Shadow Foreign Secretary MP David Lammy and Shadow Defense Secretary MP John Healey

    Falkland Islands lawmaker MLA Leona Roberts, currently in UK where she attended the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) British Islands and Mediterranean (BIM) conference, on Tuesday was in London to meet with shadow ministers.