Argentina Protests
British Plan For Oil Drilling In Falkland
Islands
BUENOS AIRES -
The Argentine Foreign Ministry lodged a
protest with Britain on Tuesday over the
European country's drilling plan in the
north of the disputed Falkland (Malvinas)
Islands.
Argentina "strongly rejects the UK's
attempts to authorize exploration and
exploitation operations of hydrocarbons in
the Argentine continental platform area,"
said the protest issued by the Foreign
Ministry.
It also said "Argentina reaffirms its right
of sovereignty on the Falkland Islands,
Georgias of the South, and Sandwich of the
South, and the maritime spaces around them,
which are integrant part of its national
territory."
According to the protest, the British "new
unilateral move" is just like the actions of
Britain in 2007, which caused Argentina to
end a joint declaration with Britain over
cooperation activities outside the South
Atlantic coast.
The Argentine Foreign Ministry, however,
called on Britain to "restore negotiations
in order to find as soon as possible a
solution to their dispute."
Argentina and Britain have been at odds over
the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands for
decades, and their disputes led to a war
between them in 1982, which ended in the
defeat of Argentina.
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