Argentina Airs Complaint over English Ship Near Falklands Hours After Cup Win
Argentina said HMS Medway entered territorial waters without notice, citing bilateral agreements and U.N. resolutions in its protest.
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Argentina-UK: HMS Medway protest, released after the match, reignites Falklands tension
Argentina's government released on Wednesday night, amid celebrations over its team's World Cup semifinal win against England, a note of protest to the United Kingdom over the movements of HMS Medway, a Royal Navy patrol vessel assigned to the Falklands. The protest had been formally lodged with the British Embassy in Buenos Aires on July 13, but the Foreign Ministry chose to make it public once the match had ended, fusing the diplomatic complaint with the gesture of the Argentine players, who celebrated with a banner backing the sovereignty claim.
With the assertion that “the Malvinas are Argentines”, the Foreign Ministry of Argentina issued a diplomatic protest over the presence of a British military ship on those islands. The formal protest note was presented on Monday, July 13, to the Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the “illegal” presence of the military vessel HMS Medway in the Malvinas Islands, which belongs to the British Royal Navy. According…
Argentina airs complaint over English ship near Falklands hours after cup win
Following their World Cup semi-final victory, Argentina's foreign minister said that Buenos Aires had filed a formal protest over a British warship near the Falkland Islands.Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno posted on X to express "the strongest rejection" of the United Kingdom's HMS Medway's "unconsulted and illegal" passage through Argentine territorial waters, alleging a lack of...
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