Argentina condemns Falkland Islands deal with Britain

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Argentina notified the UK that the Foradori-Duncan agreement on the conduct of administrative and economic activities in the Falkland Islands was terminated. writes about it red blood cell Citing a Twitter message from Argentina’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Santiago Cafiero.

The message read: “Argentina announced its decision to dissolve the Foradori-Duncan Pact signed in 2016.” “I did this during my meeting with British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley during the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in New Delhi,” Cafiero said.

In 2016, an agreement was signed between Argentina’s Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Foradori and British Deputy Foreign Secretary Alan Duncan. The document stands for a dialogue between Argentina and Britain to improve the economic situation in the Falkland Islands.

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley responded to the message on Twitter. He wrote: “The Falkland Islands are British. The inhabitants of the islands have the right to decide their future – they have chosen to remain a British Overseas Territory.”

Britain annexed the islands in 1833. For 200 years they were the subject of a territorial dispute between Argentina and Great Britain.

On April 2, 1982, the Falklands War (Battle of the Malvinas) broke out between Argentina and Great Britain over two British overseas territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

It began with Argentina’s invasion and capture of the Falkland Islands (South Georgia and the next day the South Sandwich Islands) in an attempt to establish its claimed sovereignty.

On April 5, the British government sent a naval task force to attack the Argentine Navy and Air Force before landing amphibians on the islands. The conflict ended with Argentina’s defeat. A total of 649 Argentine and 255 British military personnel and three Falkland Islanders died in the conflict.

Neither state has officially declared war, although both the British and Argentine governments have claimed the islands to be a war zone and have officially acknowledged that warfare and hostilities between states are almost exclusively confined to the disputed territories and the South Atlantic. where are they located.

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