Tag: Hector Timerman

Thursday, March 15th 2012 - 22:17 UTC
Quick reply to Argentina: UK reaffirms Falklands’ right to develop hydrocarbons resources

Britain waited only a few minutes for Argentina to finish detailing a barrage of legal and administrative threats against anybody and everybody involved in the Falklands oil industry, and firmly stated its full support to the Islanders development of their hydrocarbons resources.
Wednesday, March 14th 2012 - 05:36 UTC
Last Americas Summit without Cuba, agree Argentina and Brazil

Argentina and Brazil Foreign Affairs ministers said in Sao Paulo both countries are committed that the next Summit of the Americas to be held in April in Colombia is the last without the participation of Cuba.
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.
Friday, February 24th 2012 - 07:53 UTC
Visiting US congressman offers support for Falklands’ self-determination

South American rhetoric on the Falklands should, “be cooled, otherwise mistakes might happen,” US member of the house of Representatives Republican Congressman F. Jim Sensenbrenner told the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly on Thursday.
Tuesday, February 21st 2012 - 22:41 UTC
Timerman Falklands ‘militarization claim’ with little echo at UN admits Argentine press

The Argentine minister Hector Timerman presentation before the United Nations claiming the “militarization of the South Atlantic” from the Falklands by the UK does not seem to be having the expected echo according to press reports from Buenos Aires, based on correspondents’ contributions from New York.
Thursday, February 16th 2012 - 04:47 UTC
US disregards Argentine claim of UK’s Falklands’ and South Atlantic ‘militarization’

It took a couple of days but finally on Wednesday US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said the US “has no concerns” about the alleged ‘militarization’ of the South Atlantic which was denounced by Argentina last week before the United Nations at three different levels.
Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 21:49 UTC
Argentina confirms it has accepted UN mediation offer for the Malvinas dispute

The Argentine government confirmed on Tuesday through a letter sent by Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly President, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, that Argentina had accepted the mediation offer in order to find a pacific solution with the United Kingdom over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands.
Saturday, February 11th 2012 - 01:34 UTC
UK is open to bilateral talks with Argentina on any issue except Falklands’ sovereignty

UN British ambassador warned Argentina on Friday that Britain would “robustly” defend the Falkland Islands if necessary, but added that his country remained open to bilateral talks with Buenos Aires on any issue except the Islands' sovereignty.
Saturday, February 11th 2012 - 01:26 UTC
Ban Ki-moon calls on Argentina and UK to scale down Falklands’ dispute

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced hope that Argentina and the United Kingdom can avoid escalating their dispute over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and resolve their differences through dialogue.
Friday, February 10th 2012 - 01:17 UTC
US/Argentina discuss bilateral relation and regional democratic stability

Stability, governance and democratic safeguard were among the issues addressed by US Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson and Argentina’s Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman during her first day of activity in Buenos Aires.