2023-12-03 20:05:00
After Javier Miley said that when he is president he would “make every effort” to recover the Falkland Islandsformer British admiral Alan West, criticized him and said that the president-elect You would be a “fool” if you think you can get them back.
Lord Alan West, a former British Navy Admiral, said there was “no prospect” of a military conflict to retake the archipelago and that Milei was “playing to his own audience”.
At the same time that he pointed out the lack of will of the population of the islands to join Argentina and the firm position of the United Kingdom in stating that the issue of sovereignty is not negotiable.
Javier Milei, who will take office on December 10, during his presidential campaign, insisted that questions regarding the future of the islands “might not be ignored.”
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“I propose that Argentina’s sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands is not negotiable. The Malvinas are Argentine” the president-elect had said in the last debate, and added: “What we are proposing is move towards a solution like the one England had with China on the question of Hong Kong and that in this context the position of the people who live on the islands cannot be ignored.”
Referring to the military power of Great Britain, Lord West said the UK was “better prepared” than in the past, but added it needed to “keep its guard up” on the issue, even though Milei stopped short of saying he would go to war to regain sovereignty.
The ex Sea Lord British recalled the “bloody” 10-week conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 and said it took years to remove landmines, which were only declared clear five years ago, and that some may still remain.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina said that the claim to the Malvinas Islands constituted a “permanent and unbreakable objective” for the nation and rejected Rishi Sunak’s comment that the sovereignty of the islands was not up for discussion.
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Mark Pollard, Speaker of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, said: “We exercised our right to self-determination ten years ago, where 99.8 per cent of people voted to retain our status as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in which there was a participation of 92 percent.”
“We urge the Government of Argentina and others to respect our wishes and our right to self-determinationPollard insisted.
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