Argentina Accuses
Britain Of "Aggression And Subduing"
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina accused on Thursday
Britain of doing "an unilateral act of
aggression and subduing" by deciding the
hydrocarbon exploration in the north of the
disputed Malvinas (Faulkland) Islands.
Argentina Foreign Vice Minister Victorio
Tacceti made accusation in a report given to
the Commission of Foreign Affairs of the
Deputy Chamber about the Presidential decree
issued on Tuesday concerning maritime
transit to the Malvinas (Faulkland) Islands.
On Tuesday, Argentine president Cristina
Fernandez signed a decree limiting maritime
transit between the continental territory
and the island in the Argentine sea.
This decree was issued after British Prime
Minister Gordon Brown said his government
had done all the necessary procedures to
assure the people of the Falkland (Mavlinas)
were protected of possible Argentine hostile
actions.
According to Tacceti, the decree was signed
in reply to "an unilateral act of aggression
and subduing" by Britain.
Tacceti urged Britain to "sit down to
negotiate at the international organization"
about the territorial sovereignty of the
archipelago.
"There is a big consensus at the
international community" for both countries
"to sit down and negotiate," Tacceti said.
Argentina and Britain fought a war in 1982
for sovereignty over the Malvinas (Faulkland)
Islands that both countries claim. In the
1982 war, 649 Argentine soldiers and 254
British soldiers died.
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