Argentine President
Disputes Malvinas (Falkland) Sovereignty
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico - Argentine
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on
Monday reiterated her country's
determination to dispute the sovereignty of
the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands.
President Fernandez made the pledge during
her speech at the ongoing Unity Summit here.
"It is not a whim of this president nor of
the previous ones," she said on Monday when
the British company Desire Petroleum plc
began drilling in the waters off the
disputed islands, known to Argentineans as
the Malvinas and to the British as the
Falkland islands.
The South American country "will persist in
its democratic vocation until it has
exhausted its legal framework and all the
dispositions and all the resolutions it has
until it regains sovereignty," the president
added.
Fernandez traveled to Mexico to participate
in the Rio Group Summit, which is discussing
the inclusion of Caribbean Community (Caricom)
countries.
Rio Group has 24 members, while Caricom has
15 members.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told the
press upon arriving in Mexico on Sunday that
Britain is "desperate for Argentine oil." He
firmly supported Argentina's sovereignty
claim to the islands, having previously
accused Britain of flouting international
law.
Four British companies have been trying to
explore oil in the waters off Malvinas after
the 1982 war between Britain and Argentina.
Argentina is claiming that Britain is
skirting United Nations resolutions and is
calling for a dialogue on the dispute. |
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