Marking the anniversary of the 72-day war between Britain and Argentina over the Malvinas in 1982, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Argentina’s claim on the islands was “a profound wrong.”
Malvinas islands are located 250 nautical miles from Argentina and have been a British colony for over 180 years. The archipelago is on the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization’s list of territories waiting to be decolonized.
“We are rightly proud of the role Britain played in righting a profound wrong,” Cameron claimed.
Furthermore, Cameron insisted that there would be no compromise over the islands, British media reported.
Argentinean President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner described such a stance as “ridiculous and absurd” as she once again expressed her country’s willingness to sit at the table of negotiations.
“It is unjust that, in the 21st century, there are still colonial enclaves such as the one we have here a few kilometres away. There are only 16 such colonial enclaves in the world, 10 of which are British,” said Kirchner.
The call for no compromise and ruling out negotiations over the sovereignty of the islands from the British side comes as former head of the British Army General Sir Mike Jackson said earlier this year that it would be “impossible” for Britain to confront Argentina in case a military confrontation takes place.
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