Argentine president condemns UK on Malvinas anniversary
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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on Friday condemned Britain for keeping the Malvinas Islands as colonies in the 21st century.
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| Argentine President Cristina Fernandez attends a ceremony marking the 28th anniversary of the Malvinas Islands war between Argentina and Britain, in the southern city of Ushuahia, Argentina, April 2, 2010. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez called on Britain to return the sovereignty of the Malvinas. Argentina and Britain have been at odds for decades over the sovereignty of the Malvinas, or the Falklands as the British call them. Their dispute led to a 74-day war in 1982, which ended in the defeat of Argentina. [Telam/Xinhua] |
Fernandez made the statement during a memorial event marking the 28th anniversary of the Argentine withdrawal from the islands after the 1982 conflicts.
"Malvinas is a spot that must be healed and erased," Fernandez said, demanding actions from countries to pressure Britain to agree to negotiate the territorial sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands, known as Falkland Islands in Britain.
"With intelligence and perseverance we must execute a task in all fronts and on all international fora to expose the injustice, the incoherence of a country that wants to live in peace and respect the border, but it has a seat in the United Nations Security Council and does not respect the UN resolutions," Fernandez said.
"To pretend the sovereignty 14,000 kilometers away is not sustainable nor historical, not judicial nor geographic, but overall it is not sustainable with the common sense. It is not a sovereign exercise but acts of colonialism, perhaps the last one," the president said.
"It is not possible to demand weak countries fulfil the UN resolutions at all aspects while a stronger one systematically violate them since 1965," she said.
Fernandez also said the allegation about Argentina's launching of a military raid to recover the Malvinas Islands is "ridiculous" and described it as versions of the "old intelligence" from "an old colonialist power."
In 1982, Argentina and Britain went to war for the Malvinas Islands, which lasted from April 2 to June 14. The war ended with Argentina pulling out of the islands.
