UK harsh response to Argentine government: ‘The Falklands are British’

A new diplomatic crossing took place between the United Kingdom and the Argentina by Falkland Islands This Thursday, March 2. It happened after the chancellor cafe santiago communicated that the country was ending the so-called pact “Foradori Duncan“, which established an agreement for the exploitation of natural resources in the archipelago and “promote economic growth”. The political decision of the national government had been communicated by Cafiero to his British counterpart james shrewdlyduring a face-to-face meeting at New Delhi.

A few hours later came a forceful statement in response which Cleverly himself, representing the British government, was responsible for voicing. “The Falkland Islands are British. The islanders have the right to decide their own future: they have chosen to remain a self-governing British Overseas Territory,” wrote the British Foreign Secretary a Twitter.

The meeting between the two took place parallel to the realization of the summit of the leaders of the G20 in the capital of India. There, the Argentinian official expressed the decision to break the agreement they had sealed in 2016 Carlos Foradorithen vice-chancellor of the presidency of Mauricio Macriand the British Alan Duncanwho fulfilled the same role for the British crown.

At that time, the signing of the agreement that Argentina is leaving behind today offered the current administration a series of concessions to the European government under the pretext of “removing all the obstacles that limit economic growth and sustainable development of the Malvinas Islands”.

The UK Foreign Office made its disagreement with the decision known on its social media profile.

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In official meetings, the Argentine foreign minister has indicated that the country has offered to resume negotiations on the issue of sovereignty. Thus, he put on the table “an agenda of issues” which, “at least”, should be part of a future negotiation, with which the government of Alberto Fernández claims to fulfill mandates from the United Nations General Assembly and some Decolonization Committee.

He Ministry of Foreign Relations headed by Cafiero, argues that the content of said pact “made concessions to British interests in the region and notably regressed in the just claim of sovereignty”, according to the agency at the time. telam . In this context, the Argentine government has warned that the agreement opens the door to the “illegal” exploitation of fisheries or mineral resources.

The agreement between Argentina and the United Kingdom which emerged in 2016 following the exchange between the deputy foreign ministers Carlos Foradori and Alan Duncan, caused a stir at the time due to a series of versions surrounding its celebration.

At the time of publishing his memoirs, the British diplomat said that his Argentinian counterpart had been “drunk” during the administration which had led to the pact between the two countries, and boasted of having thus obtained the concession of additional flights to archipelago.

Foradori was quick to deny Duncan’s claims. “Such statements are absolutely false and never in 40 years have I behaved professionally that was not in line with morality and professional decorum,” said the former Argentine vice-chancellor.

The meeting in question took place on September 12, 2016, at the residence of the British Embassy in Argentina. The details were told by Duncan in his book In the thick of it: the diaries of a minister (In the background: Diary of a Minister).

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