“The UK government has no doubts about the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.”
London, Thanasis Gavos
The British government gave a new answer to the newly elected president of Argentina regarding the Falkland Islands (or Malvinas for Argentinians), which Javier Millay said he would make every effort to “get them back” through diplomatic channels.
Asked about this, Rishi Sunak’s representative said: “The UK government has no doubts about the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.”
The islands in the South Atlantic were at stake in a war between the two countries in 1982, after an invasion by Argentine forces. As a result of the fighting, 255 British soldiers, three islanders and 649 Argentine soldiers lost their lives.
The British Prime Minister’s spokesman added: “The UK Government will continue to actively support the Falkland Islanders’ right to self-determination.”
Fill in how the issue “it has been settled definitively for some time now.”
2013 referendum among the approximately 3,500 residents of the Falkland Islands had given a result of 99.8% in favor of maintaining the status of the islands as a British overseas possession.
Referring to this referendum, a first response to President Miley was given on Tuesday through X by the Secretary of Defense of the United Kingdom, Grant Shapps, characterizing the British sovereignty over the islands “non-negotiable and irrefutable”.
Source :Skai
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