UK responds to Argentina new president’s pledge to ‘get back’ Falkland Islands
UK responds to Argentina new president’s pledge to ‘get back’ Falkland Islands
Argentinian president Javier Milei has promised to take control of Falkland Islands through ‘diplomatic channels’
Britain has said the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands is not up for negotiation, after Argentina’s newly-elected president promised to “get them back”.
Javier Milei, who won a resounding victory in Argentina’s presidential election on Sunday, said Buenos Aires had "non-negotiable" sovereignty over the Falklands, the archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean which is known as Islas Malvinas in Argentina.
Mr Milei said during a TV debate in the run-up to the election that “we have to make every effort to recover the islands through diplomatic channels”.
On Tuesday a spokesperson for prime minister Rishi Sunak said: “The UK has no doubt about the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, and indeed South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
“The UK government will continue to proactively defend the Falkland islanders’ right to self determination.”
I'm pretty sure it's all just saber rattling. International agreement is firmly on the side of the UK having jurisdiction, so there isn't really a diplomatic route that they can take.
A militaristic route would not do them any good either and they know it.
Not there's anything about the Falkland Islands that is worth getting excited about. It's all just a pissing contest.
Oil.
The areas around the South American coastline is generally thought to be rich in oil reserves, and the UK have a good chunk of that with their economic borders smack in the middle of Argentina's.
I'm no expert on Argentina domestic policy, but it does seem that every time a major drama is going on domestically, the government's automatic reaction is "let's get the Falklands!" to divert attention from their own issues.
See also: Boris Johnson and Ukraine, except over forty years.
Having a common enemy is a good way of generating support, i think the main purpose of claiming the islands is just popularity.
Not there's anything about the Falkland Islands that is worth getting excited about.
I bet there are some pretty big aerials over there. They are valuable for their location from a sigint point of view.
I know the 80's is back in fashion but this is ridiculous.
The war rescued Margaret Thatcher's teetering prime ministerial career for almost a whole decade more. Let's hope we don't have another one under Sunak.
Considering the financial hole Argentina is in ATM, this wouldn't be the brightest move if he decided to copy Galtieri. Especially remembering Galtieri invaded in April and was replaced in June of the same year.
I assumed this would be near the top of his agenda when I heard about his election. Populists gonna populist
UK:
Resounding opinion in the UK is “they’re still going on about that?”, the Falklands really are more trouble than they’re worth.
The Falklands are as part of the UK as any other. They're also incredibly valuable because of their geographic location, just like Gibraltar and Cyprus.
I think it's more can you please shut up and change the channel. It's not going to happen
Come and get it then you pussy.
