The Argentine Ambassador before the UN, Jorge Argüello, ratified this morning that if the United Kingdom keeps on refusing to discuss and negotiate Malvinas Islands sovereignty, the government will cancel flights to the Southern archipelago.
Before reporters Argüello asked “Why should Argentina keep facilitating British citizens to travel between the islands and mainland Argentina, while the UK refuses to negotiate sovereignty over the archipelago and keeps on appropriating natural resources from it?”, and concluded, “So, it’s totally logical if Argentina finally decides to reconsider all agreements signed with the UK.”
Agreements signed in 1999 allowed for Chilean flights going from Punta arenas, Chile to Puerto Argentino in Malvinas Islands to not only flight over mainland Argentina but to make stops in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz province.
Likewise, Argüello indicated that the President’s speech “went in the same direction that Argentina’s foreign policies have always gone regarding this topic, which is to work toward reopening the bilateral dialogue.”
Source: Buenos Aires Herald