Argentine province that includes Malvinas rejects Cameron’s visit and calls him a ‘non grata’ persona

The governor of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and Falkland Islands, Gustavo Melellaconsidered this Monday a “provocation”the visit of the British Chancellor, David Cameronuntil that last archipelago, whose sovereignty Argentina complain to UK.

“In the presence of David Cameron in our Falkland Islands It constitutes a new British provocation that seeks to undermine our legitimate sovereign rights over our territories and sustain colonialism in the 21st century. We will not allow this”, Melella published on the social network X.

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Cameron arrived in the Falklands this Monday, a month after meeting with the Argentine president, Javier Mileiwhose country continues to claim sovereignty over the islands, occupied by UK since 1833, with the exception of the 74 days of armed conflict in 1982, which left 649 Argentines and 255 Britons dead.

“No colonial representative of a State that attacks our territorial integrity by tarnishing the memory and eternal sacrifice of our Falklands Heroes will be welcome in our province.“, wrote Melella, an opponent of the Milei government.

The British Foreign Secretarywill reiterate the UK’s commitment to upholding islanders’ right to self-determination”, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The governor declared to Cameron “‘persona non grata’ throughout the entire territorial extension”of his province, the southernmost of Argentina and this includes the Falklands, the South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney It is South Georgia.

The United Nations Decolonization Committee every year requests that the two countries open negotiations on the Falklands sovereignty dispute, but London has systematically refused to do so.

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Guilherme CarmonaFormer Falklands Secretary of the previous Argentine government, agreed with Melella in considering Cameron’s trip as “a real provocation”.

“So far, the Argentine government has not repudiated or protested against this visit, which marks a position of passivity on the issue of sovereignty rarely seen in Argentine foreign policy.”, he declared to AFP.

According to Carmona, “It is a very serious mistake to believe that British diplomacy will reciprocate the favors of the Milei government, missing the opportunity to take advantage of the new scenario.”.

Source: Elcomercio

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