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Argentina Strongly
Protests Against Britain
For New Malvinas
(Falklands) Constitution
Buenos Aires - The
Argentine Foreign
Ministry on Thursday
raised a strong protest
against Britain for
approving a new
constitution for the
disputed Malvinas
(Falklands) Islands,
saying it infringed upon
Argentina's sovereignty
and violated related UN
resolutions.
"This British unilateral
act mainly constitutes a
new and open violation
of the 31/49 Resolution
taken in 1976 by the UN
General Assembly, which
urges both parties in
dispute (Argentine and
United Kingdom) to
abstain from taking
decisions to introduce
unilateral decisions,"
said the ministry.
The new constitution,
which will enter into
force on Jan. 1 to
replace a version agreed
in 1985, grants more
autonomy to the islands
while "retaining
sufficient powers for
the UK (United Kingdom)
government to protect UK
interests," the British
Foreign Office
announced.
"What it does not do is
change the UK
government's overall
commitment to the
Islands as an Overseas
Territory," said British
Foreign Office Minister
Gillian Merron, after
the constitution was
agreed on Wednesday.
The disputed Malvinas
Islands in southern
Atlantic near the
Argentine coast are
called the Falklands by
Britons.
They were occupied by
British forces in 1833.
Argentina fought a
74-day war with Britain
in 1982 over the
sovereignty of the
archipelago, leaving 649
Argentine and 255
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 Malvinas
Islands and demanded
renegotiation with
Britain on the disputed
territory. |
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