On July 20, Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero declared that Britain had violated the territorial integrity of this South American country for the past 190 years.
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| The sovereignty of the Malvinas/Falklands Islands (pictured) is a source of tension in UK-Argentina relations. (Source: Getty Images) |
Writing on Twitter , Mr. Cafiero also reiterated Buenos Aires' commitment to a peaceful and definitive solution to the sovereignty dispute based on resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. At the same time, the Argentine government called on the UK to resume negotiations on the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands (London calls them the Falklands).
Mr Cafiero's statement came in response to Britain's criticism of the European Union (EU) for referring to the British-controlled Falklands Islands as the Malvinas.
Previously, the Joint Statement issued at the recent 3rd Summit between the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Brussels (Belgium) mentioned the issue of sovereignty over the Malvinas/Falklands archipelago in a move hailed as a diplomatic victory for Argentina.
The Malvinas/Falklands Islands are located about 650km off the coast of Argentina and nearly 8,000km from the UK. Argentina took over the islands from Spain and deployed military forces there from 1820. However, in 1883, Britain occupied the islands and asserted sovereignty there.
Although the Malvinas/Falklands are under British administration, the Argentine government has always claimed that the archipelago belongs to this country.
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