ARGENTINA-BOOK-SOVEREIGNTY Argentina presents book on its 50 year claim of Falkland Islands

Record ID: 448382

  • Title: ARGENTINA-BOOK-SOVEREIGNTY Argentina presents book on its 50 year claim of Falkland Islands
  • Date: 4th September 2014
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (SEPTEMBER 4, 2014) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF FOREIGN MINISTRY VARIOUS OF BOOK "ARGENTINE SOVEREIGNTY OVER MALVINAS 50 YEARS AFTER THE RUDA STATEMENT" VARIOUS OF GUESTS DURING BOOK PRESENTATION VARIOUS OF START OF PRESENTATION WITH ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTER HECTOR TIMERMAN AND DANIEL FILMUS, ARGENTINE
  • Embargoed: 19th September 2014 13:00
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  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA1L7AGZYPMIUSXV1LXZ7OSXEDS
  • Story Text: Argentina's Foreign Ministry presented a new book regarding the country's claim to the Falkland Islands on Thursday (September 4) during a ceremony in Buenos Aires.
    Argentina has claimed sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, known as the Malvinas in Spanish, since 1833, saying it inherited them from the Spanish on independence and that Britain expelled an Argentine population.
    Daniel Filmus, Argentine Secretary for Matters Relating to the Malvinas Islands, criticized the United Kingdom for failing to comply with a 1965 United Nations resolution calling for dialogue between the two countries concerning the territorial dispute.
    "Fifty years since the resolution that the United Kingdom has not complied with - that the community of nations calls for a direct dialogue to resolve this conflict - and the United Kingdom has not done that. This is what our president has always called a double standard, some are obligated to comply with the resolutions and then there are others that don't comply and absolutely nothing happens and they continue with military arrogance as they did in 1833, occupying territories that did not belong to them," said Filmus.
    Argentina's Foreign Minister, Hector Timerman said the country remained committed to regaining full sovereignty over the South Atlantic archipelago and surrounding maritime areas.
    "Argentina's commitment to the recovery of full sovereignty over the Malvinas, South Georgia Islands, South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas is to persevere in the path of the dialogue indicated by the international community under the same precepts in effect since 1965 and enshrined by Argentina's constitution and in the long-established state policy stemming from a cause that is not only national but also regional and global," said the minister.
    London says negotiations will not take place with Argentina unless the islanders request talks, a matter that was quashed last year when residents of the Falklands Islands voted almost unanimously to stay under British rule in a referendum aimed at winning global sympathy as Argentina intensified its sovereignty claim.
    In 1982 a war between Britain and Argentina was fought over the hotly contested area when Argentine troops landed on the islands on April 2. The Falklands war ended 74 days later when Argentina surrendered. About 650 Argentines and 255 British troops lost their lives in the conflict.
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