Argentina planning ‘economic blockade’ of the Falklands, diplomats warn

“If the LAN Chile flight is cancelled it would be pretty difficult to resist
the already credible thesis that there is an economic blockade of the
civilian population of the Falklands,” one diplomat told the newspaper.

The flight was agreed in 1999, a dividend of 17 years of peace between Britain
and Argentina. But in a speech to the UN last year Mrs Kirchner mused that
she might block it, saying “We’ll wait a little longer, but otherwise we’ll
be forced to review the standing provisional agreements.”

If the LAN flight were cut off, the islands’ 3,000 residents would be
dependent on a twice-weekly military flight from Britain, which stops at
Ascension Island on its 8,000 mile journey.

Earlier this week, Britain deployed the HMS Dauntless, the Royal Navy’s most
advanced warship to the south Atlantic, accompanied by a warning from
William Hague that the fleet still “packs a considerable punch”.

Prince William is expected
to reach the Falklands later today
, where he will serve on six-week
tour as an RAF rescue pilot. Argentina’s foreign ministry said he would
“arrive on our soil in the uniform of a conquistador”.

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