Tag: Falklands / Malvinas

• Thursday, June 19th 2025 - 09:02 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas dispute must be resolved through peaceful and negotiated means, reiterates UN C24

  

  The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization on Wednesday adopted a new resolution reiterating its position that the sovereignty dispute over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands between Argentina and the UK, must be resolved through peaceful and negotiated means.

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• Tuesday, April 2nd 2024 - 22:38 UTC

  Kicillof tells Milei he cannot honor Thatcher and claim to defend Argentina's interests

  

  Axel Kicillof, Governor of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires, criticized President Javier Milei and his speech during the event marking the 42nd anniversary of the landing in the Falkland/Malvinas Islands by claiming that “you cannot pay tribute to Margaret Thatcher and have her as your idol” and at the same time say that you defend Argentina's claims.

• Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 10:08 UTC

  Lord Cameron 'not welcome' in Tierra del Fuego

  

  Gustavo Melella, Governor of the Argentine Province of Tierra del Fuego and the South Atlantic Islands -to which the British Overseas Territories in the region technically belong- Monday declared British Foreign Secretary and former Prime Minister David Cameron “persona non grata” after the latter landed in Stanley for a series of engagements.

• Friday, December 8th 2023 - 09:03 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego Governor warns Milei against possible drop in Malvinas claims

  

  In a column published this week in Buenos Aires daily Clarín, Gustavo Melella, Governor of the Argentine Province of Tierra del Fuego which technically includes the South Atlantic Islands over which the South American country claims sovereignty, stressed that the future Libertarian administration of Javier Milei should not enact a U-turn in the state policies on that particular matter.

• Tuesday, November 21st 2023 - 08:05 UTC

  PM Sunak, Falklands sovereignty dispute is a “resolved issue” and “will not change”

  

  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday extended his government's congratulations to the Argentine elected president Javier Milei on his Sunday's windfall victory, but also affirmed that the dispute over the Falklands-Malvinas Islands sovereignty is a “resolved issue”.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  Argentine President asks UN Chief to insist of UK on Islands issue

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández asked United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres to “renew the good offices efforts” with the United Kingdom regarding the Malvinas/Falklands question, it was reported in New York.

• Sunday, September 17th 2023 - 08:09 UTC

  “The Falklands problem is not the Islanders or the English, but us Argentines,” points out Cisneros

  

  The Falklands/Malvinas will eventually be returned to Argentina but that is going to be a long, long road, forecasted Andres Cisneros a retired Argentine diplomat expert in the Falklands/Malvinas dispute and deputy foreign minister with Guido Di Tella in the nineties.

• Sunday, September 17th 2023 - 08:04 UTC

  Against all odds Milei team insists Falkland Islanders rights must be respected, “they are Argentine citizens”

  

  “I reiterate it, I repeat it and I reaffirm it, the Islanders living in the Falklands/Malvinas will have their rights respected if Milei becomes Argentine president,” emphasized Diana Mondino underlining her statements in an interview with The Telegraph which was considered highly controversial and criticized in Argentina by politicians and the media.

• Saturday, September 16th 2023 - 04:58 UTC

  Milei team insists, if elected president “Falkland Islanders will be respected”

  

  “I reiterate it, I repeat it and I reaffirm it, the Islanders living in the Falklands/Malvinas will have their rights respected if Milei becomes president,” emphasized Diana Mondino, most probably foreign minister of Javier Milei, if he is finally elected as the next Argentine occupant of the Pink House in Buenos Aires in the October/November election.

• Monday, August 7th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

  Falklands: Chinese ambassador in Buenos Aires iterates support for Argentina's claim

  

  Outgoing Chinese ambassador in Argentina, Zou Xiaoli again expressed support for the Argentine government's position regarding its sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands.