Argentina denounces deal with Britain over disputed Malvinas Islands – Reuters

Argentina’s foreign ministry described the pact as “one of the most damaging events” for the process of advancing the country’s interests on the issue of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands. An official note given to the British ambassador argues that this agreement, the basic idea of ​​which was to remove obstacles to the economic growth and sustainable development of the islands, has on the whole only worked in favor of the Kingdom. -United. The provisions contained therein, according to the current government, in effect render the pact “manifestly illegal and offensive to national interests”.Argentinian diplomats expect the denunciation of the document to send a clear signal to the UK, confirming Argentina’s territorial claims. “It definitely leaves behind us this ‘dark period of history’ marked by the shameful transfer of sovereignty pact,” Diego Carmona, the country’s foreign ministry secretary for the Falklands, Antarctica and Antarctica, told reporters. the South Atlantic. He also stressed that from this day forward, Buenos Aires will actively promote a specific agenda for the restoration of its sovereignty over the islands.
An added spice to the whole situation is given by the fact that, according to the memoirs of British Deputy Foreign Secretary Alan Duncan, his Argentinian counterpart was in a state of extreme intoxication when he broke down. agreement on the details of the agreement. “As bottle after bottle moved from the cellar rack to the table, the negotiations got better. At around 2 a.m., we shook hands on a plan for a future deal,” Duncan said. in his memoirs of the events that took place inside the British Embassy. . Furthermore, the Brit said that literally the next day, Foradori called the embassy complaining that he was “dead drunk” and could not remember the details of the document.