Argentine official insists Falklands combat not over as veterans awarded medals

Argentina’s Foreign Minister has poured gasoline on the row over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands by asserting at a medal-pinning ceremony that the combat to take over the British-governed island shouldn’t be over.

Minister Santiago Cafiero made the inflammatory remarks on the Malvinas and South Atlantic Islands Museum whereas pinning medals on veterans of the Falklands War.

He instructed the previous combatants and gathered households that “The Malvinas cause is in the people, it is in our DNA, in what we feel and what we live”.

The Malvinas is the Argentine title for the Falklands Islands and the usage of the designation by the EU in a latest doc sparked an indignant diplomatic row between Argentina and the UK.

Cafiero instructed the crowds gathered for the ceremony: “We are always honouring the veterans, we always feel indebted to you, trying to have the same the dedication and heroism you have shown.

“The Malvinas trigger is within the individuals, it’s in our DNA, in what we really feel and what we stay”.‌

“This trigger is likely one of the pillars of Argentine international coverage. To defend our sovereignty. “

He continued: “It has been 190 years because the United Kingdom usurped and violated our nationwide territory.

“It has been 190 years since we demanded full sovereignty over our territory. And with this awarding of medals we have come to recognise our heroes and heroines, which we know is never enough, and that is why we constantly try to honour them.”

A declaration from an EU-Latin America summit final week referred to the South Atlantic archipelago as ”the Islas Malvinas/Falkland Islands”.

That was hailed as a diplomatic triumph by Argentina, which has lengthy claimed the islands.

A declaration from an EU-Latin America summit final week referred to the South Atlantic archipelago as ”the Islas Malvinas/Falkland Islands.” That was hailed as a diplomatic triumph by Argentina, which has lengthy claimed the islands.

Rishi Sunak criticised the EU for the “regrettable choice of words” over the Falkland Islands, after the EU retracted its use of the title within the EU-CELAC summit declaration, which occurred July 17-18.

His official spokesman instructed reporters: “The Prime Minister’s view is that it would have been entirely unacceptable for the EU to question the Falkland Islanders’ right to decide their own future.

“To be clear, the Falkland Islands are British, that was the selection of the islanders themselves.

“The EU has rightly now clarified that their position on the Falklands has not changed after their regrettable choice of words.”