Argentine President Condemns
UK On Malvinas (Falklands) Anniversary
BUENOS AIRES - Argentine President Cristina
Fernandez on Friday condemned Britain for
keeping the Malvinas Islands as colonies in
the 21st century.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez
attends a ceremony marking the 28th
anniversary of the Malvinas (Falklands)
Islands war between Argentina and Britain,
in the southern city of Ushuahia, Argentina,
April 2, 2010. Argentine President Cristina
Fernandez called on Britain to return the
sovereignty of the Malvinas. Argentina and
Britain have been at odds for decades over
the sovereignty of the Malvinas, or the
Falklands as the British call them. Their
dispute led to a 74-day war in 1982, which
ended in the defeat of Argentina.
Fernandez made the statement during a
memorial event marking the 28th anniversary
of the Argentine withdrawal from the islands
after the 1982 conflicts.
"Malvinas is a spot that must be healed and
erased," Fernandez said, demanding actions
from countries to pressure Britain to agree
to negotiate the territorial sovereignty of
the Malvinas Islands, known as Falkland
Islands in Britain.
"With intelligence and perseverance we must
execute a task in all fronts and on all
international fora to expose the injustice,
the incoherence of a country that wants to
live in peace and respect the border, but it
has a seat in the United Nations Security
Council and does not respect the UN
resolutions," Fernandez said.
"To pretend the sovereignty 14,000
kilometers away is not sustainable nor
historical, not judicial nor geographic, but
overall it is not sustainable with the
common sense. It is not a sovereign exercise
but acts of colonialism, perhaps the last
one," the president said.
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