The Foreign Ministry questioned that the sister of King Carlos III arrived “without warning” to the island territory in dispute of sovereignty
by the cable services of El Reportero
The Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected this Tuesday the “unannounced” arrival of British Crown Princess Anne to the Falkland Islands to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1982 war, which was considered by the country’s government South America as a “colonial” act.
During her visit to the insular territory in conflict of sovereignty, the sister of King Carlos III visited the Mount Pleasant base of the British forces, in Puerto Argentino.
“Argentina rejects the official activities of Princess Anne, of the British royal house, in the Malvinas Islands. The activity occurs in exercise of the illegal British occupation of the Malvinas, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime spaces “, denounced the Foreign Ministry after the news was published on the social networks of the royal family.
“Our country once again calls on the United Kingdom to resume bilateral negotiations in compliance with resolution 2065 and other resolutions of the General Assembly and its Special Committee on Decolonization,” the statement said.
Likewise, the secretary of the Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic, Guillermo Carmona, pointed against the British Crown and recalled the calls of the United Nations Organization (UN) to resume diplomatic negotiations to resolve the conflict.
“Princess Anne, of the British royal house, arrived in Argentina without warning. Her country violates international law with its colonial presence in the South Atlantic against UN resolutions and world outcry. Perhaps that explains the impoliteness,” the official said.
The UN Special Committee on Decolonization urged the governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations on sovereignty.
Last October, the Argentine request obtained broad international support at the first session of the joint general debate on decolonization issues of the United Nations General Assembly Commission on Special Policy and Decolonization.
