Tag: Hector Timerman

• Thursday, June 16th 2011 - 15:10 UTC

  Falklands: Argentina deplores PM Cameron’s “regrettable act of arrogance”

  

  The Argentine Government said it “deplores that, in a regrettable act of arrogance, the United Kingdom claims to have the authority to ‘put an end’ to the unresolved conflict regarding the Malvinas Islands sovereignty, a case that is currently being recognized by the United Nations.”

• Thursday, June 16th 2011 - 01:48 UTC

  Under pressure Argentina returns seized cargo from US military plane

  

  The US embassy in Buenos Aires announced this week that the Argentine government has finally returned the cargo seized from an American military plane that landed at the Ezeiza airport amidst espionage accusations last February.

• Monday, June 13th 2011 - 11:33 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon in Argentina; Falklands/Malvinas question on the table

  

  UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon is in Buenos Aires for a two-day official visit and will be meeting President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Monday morning. Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman is expected to bring up the “question of Falklands/Malvinas”.

• Wednesday, June 1st 2011 - 08:42 UTC

  Bolivia tells Iranian Defence minister to leave and apologizes to Argentina

  

  The Bolivian Government asked Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahídi, accused by Argentina of masterminding the Buenos Aires AMIA terrorist attack in 1994, to leave the country after an Argentine attorney asked Interpol to arrest him, Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman said.

• Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 08:43 UTC

  Unasur letter supporting Argentina’s Malvinas claims delivered to Ban Ki-moon

  

  Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman met Wednesday with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and reiterated Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas and other South Atlantic Islands this time reinforced with a formal request from the Union of South American Nations, Unasur leaders in support of Argentina’s “historic and legitimate rights”.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2011 - 15:46 UTC

  Timerman recalls April 2 Falklands’ invasion saying Argentina is not alone in its Malvinas sovereignty claim

  

  Argentina has the support of numerous international organizations and regional forums in its sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands, writes Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman in an article under the heading of “Argentina is not alone in its Malvinas claim”

• Monday, March 28th 2011 - 16:38 UTC

  Israel demands Argentina clarifies an alleged “trade for silence” deal with Iran

  

  Israel may cancel a visit by Argentina's foreign minister after a report that the country told Iran it would stop investigating two bombings of Jewish targets in exchange for better trade relations.
  Argentinean Foreign Minister Hector Timerman is scheduled to visit Israel next week.

• Friday, March 25th 2011 - 01:00 UTC

  Obama to CFK: “can we have our (US Air Force seized) equipment back”

  

  US President Barack Obama expressed concern about the recent incident in which Argentina seized part of the cargo of a US military plane that was carrying supplies for a joint military exercise, according to US newspaper The Miami Herald’s Argentine columnist Andrés Oppenheimer.

• Saturday, March 19th 2011 - 07:09 UTC

  Swiss Attorney General denies Argentina’s union leader is under investigation

  

  The office of the Swiss Attorney General Friday confirmed Friday it has asked Argentine authorities for legal assistance amid an ongoing investigation into alleged money laundering.

• Thursday, March 17th 2011 - 18:14 UTC

  Argentine Congress confirms Mercosur/Israel free trade agreement

  

  The Argentine congress ratified this week the free trade agreement between Mercosur and Israel. The accord subscribed in 2007 and already passed by the Senate, was approved in the Lower House by 144 votes, 8 nays and 10 abstentions.