Tag: Felipe Sola

• Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentina calls for “solidarity multilateralism” at UN meeting

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Sola on Monday called on Latin American and Caribbean countries to embrace “solidarity multilateralism” to overcome the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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• Friday, October 23rd 2020 - 10:50 UTC

  OAS reiterates support for Falklands' sovereignty talks between Argentina and UK

  

  The General Assembly of the Organization of American States, OAS, supported a declaration on the Falklands/Malvinas question, reaffirming once again the need for the governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations on the disputed sovereignty with the purpose of finding a peaceful solution to the prolonged controversy.

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• Friday, October 23rd 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands government replies to Argentina's sovereignty claims at the OAS General Assembly

  

  Minister Wendy Morton, acting as observer delegate spoke on Wednesday at the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in response to the speech made by the Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Solá, in which he again claimed sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.

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• Wednesday, September 9th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentina chosen seat of UN's Ocean Specialized Center for the region

  

  Argentina was chosen as the seat of a new UNSECO Ocean Sciences Specialized Center, in the framework of OTGA, Ocean Teacher Global Academy, from the International Oceanographic Commission, ahead of the Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development Decade.

• Friday, September 4th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentina and UK agree on new stage of Humanitarian Plan to identify fallen combatants in the Falklands

  

  UK and Argentina exchanged notes on Thursday in order to advance to a new stage in the Humanitarian Project Plan, which between 2017 and 2019 enabled the identification of 115 Argentine soldiers who died in the Falkland Islands during the 1982 conflict.

• Wednesday, September 2nd 2020 - 09:43 UTC

  Argentina/China accord to produce nine million tons of pork delayed by environmentalists

  

  The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between China and Argentina scheduled for this week has been delayed until November, the Argentine foreign ministry announced officially on Tuesday. The delay will enable to add an “article referred to the protection of the environment, natural resources, and bio-security”, added the release.

• Friday, August 7th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentina prepares strong diplomatic offensive to recover Falklands' sovereignty

  

  Argentina is planning to intensify its policy to claim sovereignty over the Falklands and other South Atlantic Islands with a road map that contemplates three immediate objectives, reinstate in the Organization of American States the claim, resurface the legal threat against oil companies operating in South Atlantic (Falklands) waters and put pressure on the European Union so that a post-Brexit trade agreement with the UK does not include the Falklands in the list of Overseas Territories.

• Thursday, August 6th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  C24 calls on UK and Argentina to resume sovereignty talks on South Atlantic islands

  

  The United Nations Decolonization Committee, or C24, unanimously approved a resolution on Wednesday calling on the UK and Argentina to resume negotiations, so that in the shortest time possible a peaceful and definitive solution to the sovereignty controversy over the Falkllands, South Georgia, South Sandwich islands and adjoining maritime spaces.

• Friday, July 24th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Argentina asks Uruguay on Falklands' flights information which allegedly land in Carrasco airport

  

  The government of President Alberto Fernandez thanked Uruguay for supporting Argentina's sovereignty Malvinas Islands' claim during the latest Mercosur summit but also asked for information on flights to the Islands that land in Carrasco airport.

• Friday, July 3rd 2020 - 09:59 UTC

  Mercosur presidential summit can't forget support for Argentina's claim over the Falklands

  

  Mercosur full-member presidents and their associate peers backed Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands in the framework of the 56th Heads of State summit, which took place in Paraguay through a video conference when the pro tempore chair was delivered by Brazil to Uruguay for the second half of 2020.