Downing Street rejects Argentina's Falklands claim ahead of World Cup clash
Pablo Quirno questioned a 2013 referendum as Downing Street said the islanders are British and have the right to decide their future.
- On Monday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's government rejected claims by Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno that Falkland Islanders are "artificially implanted," affirming their right to self-determination.
- In an essay for La Nacion, Quirno argued the 2013 referendum on British status had no "legal effect," claiming the UK's presence constitutes an "illegitimate occupation" of the territory.
- The 1982 South Atlantic conflict killed 649 Argentines and 255 British soldiers, a wound still shaping relations. Islanders overwhelmingly backed their British status in a 2013 vote, directly contradicting Quirno's claims.
- Shadow Foreign Minister Priti Patel denounced the comments, stating "Argentina's latest comments about the Falkland Islanders are as offensive as they are wrong," and affirmed Britain's unwavering support.
- Tensions escalate ahead of the World Cup semifinal between England and Argentina in Atlanta, as Quirno continues asserting sovereignty, claiming the nation knows "how to wait without giving up and knows how to demand without surrendering.
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England, Argentina World Cup game ignites old tensions over Falkland Islands
The upcoming World Cup semi-final between England and Argentina on Wednesday is stirring up some old tensions over the Falkland Islands, a British territory that is a small archipelago in the south Atlantic Ocean which both countries maintain claims to. The islands, which are officially a British Overseas Territory, are also claimed by Argentina as the Islas Malvinas. The Falkland Islands’ government website states that the archipelago was uninh…
(London=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Ji-yeon = As England and Argentina face off in the semifinals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America, the British territory of Falkland...
Downing Street rejects Argentinian foreign minister's claim British Falkland Islanders are 'artificially implanted'
Buenos Aires has repeatedly claimed sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and was defeated in a short but bloody war after mounting an invasion in 1982.
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