Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Gov't condemns David Cameron’s 'arrogant' statements over Malvinas

Through a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry, the Argentine Government said it “deplored that, in a regrettable act of arrogance, the United Kingdom claimed to have the authority to ‘put an end’ to the unresolved conflict regarding the Malvinas Islands sovereignty, a case that is currently being recognized by the United Nations.” 

The government’s claims were made in response to statements made earlier today by British Prime Minister David Cameron before the House of Commons regarding the Malvinas sovereignty conflict.

“This position is part of the British Government’s constant disregard to the multiple calls by the United Nations and the International community, in which Argentina and Great Britain are urged to remake negotiations in order to find a peaceful solution to the Malvinas Islands sovereignty issue,” the statement read. 

“The British attitude shows their disregard for international law, an attitude they have maintained as they insist on continuing a colonial anachronistic situation that not only insults Argentina but the entire region, as shown by the multiple expressions of concern expressed by the OAS, the Mercosur, the Summit of Latin American and Caribbean countries and the UNASUR.”

The Argentine Government, as it reaffirms its rights to sovereignty over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and their surrounding maritime space, “insists on its permanent willingness to restart negotiations in order to put and end to this sovereignty claim, as the UN resolutions and the entire international community demand.