Tag: United Kingdom

• Thursday, February 7th 2013 - 09:04 UTC

  “There is no such thing as Falkland Islanders: they are British citizens in disputed islands”

  

  There is no such thing as Falkland Islanders, the Argentine Foreign minister Hector Timerman insisted during a press conference in London on Wednesday, claiming they are British citizens living in disputed islands. He claimed the United Nations only acknowledges two parties in the territorial dispute: UK and Argentina.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 18:38 UTC

  Falklands’ lawmakers and Hague meet and regret Timerman’s ‘empty chair’

  

  Falkland Islands lawmakers met on Wednesday morning with Foreign Secretary William Hague and regretted the absence of Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman but also understand Argentina’s deep concern with “our (March) referendum, which is why they spend so much time dismissing it”.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 06:00 UTC

  “Timerman can go to bed and dream of owning the Falklands”, but reality is different

  

  Foreign Minister Timerman can go to bed tonight and dream of owning the Falklands in twenty years if he wishes, but there’s not much reality to it, pointed out a Falklands’ lawmaker reacting to the Argentine minister’s statements on Tuesday to the UK media.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2013 - 19:33 UTC

  Timerman meets Falklands’ lawmaker but dismisses any form of dialogue

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman dismissed another attempt by Falkland Islands representatives to engage in dialogue and refused to accept a letter addressed to him and a newly published booklet on the Falklands History.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2013 - 19:17 UTC

  Osborne says with reform bill “no UK government would ever again bail-out an entire bank”

  

  British Chancellor George Osborne has announced the Banking Reform Bill that will not only see savers’ deposits safeguarded but also enforce rules to make it easier for consumers to switch bank accounts.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2013 - 17:39 UTC

  “Falklands will be under Argentine control within 20 years”, Timerman tells UK media

  

  The Falklands Islands will be under Argentine control within 20 years, Minister Hector Timerman said in an interview with The Guardian and The Independent in London insisting that not one single country in the world supports the UK governing the Falklands.

• Monday, February 4th 2013 - 23:50 UTC

  Hague ‘open’ to Timerman but if talks refer to Falklands, Islanders should be present

  

  Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Monday that he continues ‘open’ to a meeting with his peer from Argentina, Hector Timerman, although he insisted that if the talks refer to Falklands’ issues, representatives from the Islands should be present.

• Monday, February 4th 2013 - 22:05 UTC

  Timerman in London insists in meeting Hague, ‘the two alone’ without Falklands’ representatives

  

  Foreign minister Hector Timerman is in London and has reiterated his request and willingness to hold a bilateral meeting with Foreign Secretary William Hague, “the two alone, to address numerous issues of the bilateral and multilateral agenda”, says a letter from Argentine Ambassador Alicia Castro dated February 4 addressed to the Foreign Office and made public in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, February 4th 2013 - 05:23 UTC

  “Right and proper” Islanders are involved in meetings that concern the Falklands

  

  The Foreign Office has reiterated its concern about the Argentine’s government behaviour towards the Falkland Islanders and considers it ‘right and proper’ that they should be involved in the part of those meetings with Argentina that concern the Islands.

• Monday, February 4th 2013 - 05:09 UTC

  Timerman begins ‘Malvinas week’ in London but no meeting with Hague included

  

  Argentine Foreign minister Hector Timerman begins Monday a busy ‘Malvinas’ week in London with meetings scheduled in Parliament and later at the embassy with representatives from 18 different European groups that support UK/Argentina dialogue on the Falklands’ sovereignty