Downing Street Shuts Down Argentina’s Call for Falklands Sovereignty Talks

The newly-elected Argentinian president Javier Milei has been suggesting that Argentina should get the Falkland Islands back through ‘diplomatic channels.’
Downing Street Shuts Down Argentina’s Call for Falklands Sovereignty Talks
President of Argentina Javier Milei of La Libertad Avanza looks on after the polls closed in the presidential runoff in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Nov. 19, 2023. Tomas Cuesta/Getty Images
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UK ministers have said they won’t revisit the issue of the Falkland Islands and consider it “non-negotiable,” following calls from Argentina’s new president for talks over the sovereignty rights to the archipelago.

The newly-elected Javier Milei has been suggesting that Argentina should get the Falklands back through “diplomatic channels,” having lost the war over the islands more than 40 years ago.

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