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Argentina Urges Britain to
Reopen
Talks on Malvinas (Falklands) Sovereignty
Argentina Urges Britain to
Reopen
Talks on Malvinas (Falklands) Sovereignty
VINA DEL MAR, Chile -
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on
Saturday called for Britain to relaunch
negotiations on the sovereignty over the
Malvinas Islands.
Fernandez presented her petition on this to
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown during
the Progressive Leaders Summit on Saturday
in the Chilean coastal resort of Vina del
Mar, which gathered leaders of several
European and American nations.
Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana said
at the summit that "President Fernandez said
very clearly in the petition that Brown
ought to do what the United Nations has
asked and open the negotiation on the
sovereignty of the disputed Malvinas
Islands."
The president "stressed with clarity that in
the 21st century, a persistent vision of
colonialism is not in concordance with the
on-going tendency of the world," Taiana
said.
The issue of the sovereignty over the
Malvinas Islands was a "permanent" priority
of Argentina's foreign policies, the
minister added.
On Friday, Brown said the sovereignty issue
was not up for discussion before the
meeting.
The disputed Malvinas Islands in the
southern Atlantic near the Argentine coast,
which are called the Falklands by Britain,
were occupied by British forces in 1833.
Argentina fought a 74-day war with Britain
in 1982 for regaining the sovereignty over
the islands, leaving 649 Argentine and 255
British soldiers dead. Britain later
recontroled the islands. |
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