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Argentine Government
Reiterates Claim to
Falklands
Buenos Aires - Argentine
President Cristina
Fernandez reiterated her
country's claim on
Friday to the
disputed Falklands (Malvinas) Islands
on the occasion of the
176th anniversary of
Britain's "illegal
occupation" of the
territory.
The president said
Britain's refusal to
tackle the issue was
"unjustified."
The Malvinas Islands in
southern Atlantic near
the Argentine coast are
called the Falklands by
Britons.
The Argentine National
Constitution has stated
that to recover the full
exercise of sovereignty
over those lands and
waters are the country's
permanent pursuit, said
the Foreign Ministry in
a statement.
The statement added that
the area is an integral
part of Argentine
territory.
Argentina has
temporarily achieved an
understanding with
Britain to safeguard the
territory in a bid to
create a favorable
environment to resume
negotiations to settle
the dispute, according
to the Argentine side.
However, Britain has
refused to face the
issue of sovereignty and
continued to take
unilateral act, which
violates the spirit of
the bilateral
understanding, the
Argentine government
said.
The British government
has made an unilateral
act by approving a new
constitution for the
disputed Malvinas
Islands, which infringes
upon Argentina's
sovereignty and violates
related UN resolutions,
it added.
It is Argentina's
permanent pursuit to
resume negotiations with
Britain to solve the
issue and put an end to
the "anachronistic
colonial situation
unsuitable with the
course and evolution of
the modern world," it
said.
The disputed Malvinas
Islands were occupied by
the British forces in
1833. Argentina fought a
74-day war with Britain
in 1982over the
sovereignty of the
archipelago, leaving 649
Argentine and255 British
soldiers dead. Britain
later regained control
of the islands.
Since Argentine
President Cristina
Fernandez took office in
December, she has
pledged repeatedly to
recover the islands and
demanded renegotiation
with Britain on the
disputed territory.
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