Argentina wants to resume negotiations on the Malvinas with the United Kingdom

The Argentine Government stated this Monday “their willingness to resume sovereignty negotiations” about the Falkland Islands with the United Kingdom, while proposing “advance a common agenda in areas and issues of mutual interest”.

In a statement released today, the Argentine Foreign Ministry assured that the Government of Javier Milei “wishes to maintain a mature relationship with the United Kingdom, which contemplates a substantive and constructive dialogue on all issues of common interest with a view to generating a climate of trust conducive to the resumption of negotiations.”

Argentina maintains a sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas Islands that led to an armed conflict between April 2 and June 14, 1982, and which concluded with the Argentine surrender and a death toll of 649 Argentines, 255 British and 3 Malvinas.

On the occasion of the celebration this Monday of the ‘Day of the Affirmation of Argentine Rights over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime spaces’, the Argentine authorities reaffirmed their conviction about the rights of sovereignty of an area what is “integral part of the national territory.”

The Executive headed by Javier Milei recalled that the First Transitory Provision of the Argentine Constitution “establishes the recovery of the effective exercise” of sovereignty over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and the corresponding maritime and island spaces, “in accordance with international law and respecting the way of life of its inhabitants, as a permanent and inalienable objective of the Argentine people”.

The arguments of the Argentine Government date back to a decree of June 10, 1829 that established that “The Malvinas Islands and those adjacent to Cape Horn in the Atlantic Sea will be governed by a Political and Military Commander immediately appointed by the Government of the Republic.” and to the fact that a government structure was established, led by Luis Vernet, who settled on the islands and publicly exercised his authority and jurisdiction.

“However, on January 3, 1833, said effective exercise of sovereignty was interrupted by an act of force carried out in peacetime by the United Kingdom, which illegally occupied the islands, expelling the legitimate Argentine authorities settled there. and the existing population“said the Foreign Ministry.

“Through this usurpation, carried out in times of peace, and contrary to the international law of the time, the territorial integrity of Argentina was broken, a situation immediately rejected and protested, which no Argentine Government has consented to in more than 191 years.“adds the note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Since then, there has been a sovereignty dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom, recognized by the United Nations General Assembly through resolution 2065 adopted in 1965, by which the United Nations has provided for a peaceful and negotiated solution to the controversy between the two. countries.

“Despite the countless invitations from Argentina and the urging of the United Nations, the United Kingdom systematically refuses to resume sovereignty negotiations.“, maintains the Foreign Ministry.