UK 'regrets' Argentina's threat to cancel flights to Malvinas

The British Embassy in Argentina commented on President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s speech at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, in which she threatened for greater isolation at the Malvinas Islands, and said that his government “regretted that Argentina was considering to withdraw from yet another bilateral agreement with the United Kingdom.”

“Apparently, Argentina is considering to withdraw from yet another bilateral agreement with the United Kingdom. The UK still thinks that there are plenty of possibilities for cooperation but Argentina has rejected them in the last few years,” a spokesman from the British Embassy assured.

The spokesman once again mentioned the right to self-determination and warned that “obviously, the UK would not begin negotiating the islands’ sovereignty until the islanders wished it.”

“Trying to deny the islanders their right to self-determination is sad. The relationship between the UK and its territories overseas is modern and is based on shared association and values,” and “everyone can choose when and how to continue being a part of it.”

While speaking at the UN General Assembly, Fernández de Kirchner threatened to suspend an agreement allowing flights between Chile and the Malvinas Islands to land in Argentina if the UK continued to refuse to begin negotiations over the islands’ sovereignty.