The foreign secretary said the British overseas territory is a part of the UK as long as its residents want it to be as Argentina seeks to open negotiations.
The newly-elected Argentinian president Javier Milei has been suggesting that Argentina should get the Falkland Islands back through ‘diplomatic channels.’
The arbitrary seizure of the Falkland Islands by the United Kingdom has never been recognized by Argentina. International bodies have repeatedly called for negotiations to resolve the question of sovereignty over the islands.
Britain’s Prince William arrived for his first mission as a search-and-rescue pilot with the Royal Air Force over the Falkland Islands on Saturday, according to media in the U.K.