41 years after the Malvinas War, the Foreign Ministry maintained that the Government will not give up on the sovereignty claim

The war conflict ended on June 14, 1982

41 years after the start of the Malvinas War, the Foreign Ministry honored those who fought for the recovery of the territory and insisted on the claim of sovereignty. “The Argentine government will not give up,” she said.

As every April 2, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs remembered those combatants who gave their lives for the Homeland and reaffirmed the will to accompany the relatives of the 649 fallen in pain, who “proudly stood out,” according to the statement.

In addition, the Foreign Ministry mentioned all the men who were sent to the battlefield, “who made themselves available to the homeland defending their territory, assuming upon themselves the traces left by the armed conflict.” “It is our duty to maintain this commitment of memory and accompaniment for the veterans, the fallen and their families,” the portfolio in charge of Santiago Cafiero committed.

Since the end of the war, Argentina reiterated its sovereignty claims to the United Kingdom on several occasions in an attempt to recover the South Atlantic territory that was usurped in 1833 by the British through diplomatic channels, but the refusal persists to this day. today.

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In this sense, the Foreign Ministry promised to insist on the claims by assuring that “the Argentine Government will not compromise and will continue to promote State policies within the framework of the mandate established in the First Transitory Provision of our National Constitution, which reflects the sentiment of all and all Argentines and Argentines “.

Within the framework of a new anniversary of the start of the war, the portfolio reminded the British authorities that in September 1982 the General Assembly of the United Nations asked Argentina and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations “in order to find the a peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute as soon as possible and reaffirmed the need for the two governments to duly take into account the interests of the inhabitants of the Malvinas Islands,” according to the statement released.

More than four decades have passed since the conflict and great advances have not yet been achieved in the negotiations for the recognition of Argentine sovereignty over the islands. In this regard, the Foreign Ministry pointed out that “the 1982 conflict did not alter the nature of the sovereignty dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Malvinas, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime spaces, which continued pending negotiation. and solution”.

Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero

The United Kingdom, for its part, invokes the principle of “self-determination” of peoples. In fact, on different occasions referendums were held to find out if the islanders wanted to continue being considered as a British overseas territory. The last popular consultation was held in 2013, in which 99.8 percent of the people who inhabit the Malvinas ratified their intentions to remain under British control.

In this regard, the Foreign Ministry reiterated that the principle used by the United Kingdom to justify its presence in the islands of the South Atlantic “is not applicable as the composition of the population of the Islands is the result of the colonization begun by the British in 1833.” , since “after forcibly occupying the territory and expelling the Argentine authorities, it implemented measures to implant British subjects, with the purpose of defining a demographic composition of the Islands tailored to its colonial interests.” In this way, he accused the United Kingdom of going “in contradiction with the pronouncements of the international community.”

In addition, within the framework of the commemorations for 40 years of uninterrupted democracy in Argentina, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recalled that, when the war was declared in 1982, “the country was governed by an illegal and illegitimate military dictatorship, which acted turning its back on the Argentine people and moving away from Argentina’s traditional commitment to the principle of peaceful settlement of international disputes.

Thus, on a new anniversary of the start of the War, the Foreign Ministry highlighted: “throughout all the democratic governments, the Argentine Republic has rejected the use of force and has shown itself willing to bilateral negotiation as a means of reaching a solution of the controversy, making their claim heard both in their bilateral relations and in multilateral and regional forums”.

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