Tag: Jeremy Browne

Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 06:16 UTC
HMS Montrose: Argentina thanks Humala; Peruvian opposition calls minister “incompetent and foolish”

During a live press conference on Tuesday, Argentine President Cristina Fernández thanked “the Peruvian government and population” for their decision to leave without effect the scheduled, but controversial, visit of a British frigate “in support of the Argentine sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands.”
Tuesday, March 20th 2012 - 21:51 UTC
Peru denies President Humala coming UK visit; confirms May trip to Argentina

Peruvian Foreign Affairs minister Rafael Roncagliolo denied President Ollanta Humala had accepted an invitation to visit London next month, Lima’s El Comercio reported Tuesday in the front page.
Thursday, March 15th 2012 - 03:24 UTC
Chile/UK respect ‘legitimate differences’ but say NO to a blockade of the Faklands

Foreign Office minister Jeremy Browne and Chilean Foreign Affairs Minister Alfredo Moreno agreed to respect their legitimate differences regarding the Argentine/UK dispute over the Falklands’ sovereignty but also emphasized the Chilean (and other Mercosur members) position contrary to an economic blockade of the Islands or isolating its population.
Monday, March 12th 2012 - 20:05 UTC
UK minister in Chile accuses Argentina of economic blockade to the Falklands

United Kingdom’s Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne on a two-day visit to Chile criticized what he called the “economic blockade” to the Falklands Islands by saying it “wasn’t right” and again reaffirmed the right of self determination for the Islanders.
Monday, March 12th 2012 - 07:14 UTC
UK minister Browne to meet Piñera two days ahead of Cristina Fernandez

The UK’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Jeremy Browne arrives Monday in Chile for a two day visit and has scheduled a meeting with President Sebastián Piñera. The event consequently takes place just before Argentine President Cristina Fernández official visit on March 15 and in the lead up to the 30th anniversary of the Malvinas War.
Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 19:09 UTC
UK ‘sad and frustrated’ with Argentine decision to turn away cruise vessels sailing from Falklands

The British government has said it is a source of ”sadness and frustrated” that Argentina decided to turn away British tourists wishing to visit Argentina as a result of the ongoing row over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.
Thursday, February 23rd 2012 - 04:40 UTC
Two-day mourning in Argentina over the train accident; UK condolences

Argentine President Cristina Fernández issued a two day mourning period over the train accident in one of Buenos Aires main stations which left 50 people dead and 676 injured.
Wednesday, February 1st 2012 - 16:05 UTC
Prince William leaves for the Falklands Wednesday night from Brize Norton

The British government confirmed that Prince William begins this Wednesday his six week deployment in the disputed Falkland Islands as a helicopter pilot when he flies out from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire tonight.
Wednesday, February 1st 2012 - 06:44 UTC
Argentina condemns the UK for its ‘bullying patriotism’ in the Malvinas dispute

Argentina condemned the announcement of the arrival of state of the art HMS Dauntless, a British warship, to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and urged the UK to “avoid falling in the temptation of engaging in discourse that transforms patriotism in bullying patriotism.”
Tuesday, January 31st 2012 - 14:05 UTC
London rejects bill initiative to ensure Falklands’ remain British

The government has ruled out bringing in a UK law to ensure the Falkland Islands' right to remain British. Tory MP Guy Opperman said legislation would show support for the “unambiguous right to self-determination”.