UK disappointed as Argentina withdraws from Falklands pact

Issued on: February 02 , 2023

London (AFP) – The UK government on Thursday insisted the Falkland Islands remained British as Argentina walked away from a cooperation pact and demanded new talks over their sovereignty.

Known as the Malvinas in Spanish, the UK-ruled islands were the subject of a short but brutal war after Argentina invaded in 1982. Britain drove out the invading force after dispatching a naval armada.

In 2016, the two sides agreed to disagree about sovereignty, but to cooperate on issues such as energy, shipping and fishing, and on identifying the remains of unknown Argentine soldiers killed in battle.

But at G20 talks in New Delhi, Argentinian Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero informed UK counterpart James Cleverly that his government was abandoning the pact.

In a series of tweets, he renewed Argentina's longstanding demands instead for negotiations about sovereignty of the islands at the UN in New York.

"The Falkland Islands are British," Cleverly retorted on Twitter over Cafiero's thread.

"Islanders have the right to decide their own future -- they have chosen to remain a self-governing UK Overseas Territory," he added.

The decision was announced just as Britain's minister for the Americas, David Rutley, was visiting Buenos Aires for what he called "productive" meetings.

"Argentina has chosen to step away from an agreement that has brought comfort to the families of those who died in the 1982 conflict," Rutley tweeted, calling the decision "disappointing".
Source:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230302-uk-disappointed-as-argentina-withdraws-from-falklands-pact

mysticwarrior:
Margaret thatcher and Queen Elizabeth were the ones who took the Falklands from Argentina by force, now that both of them are dead it's time for Argentina to reclaim what belongs to them.

mysticwarrior:
Margaret thatcher and Queen Elizabeth were the ones who took the Falklands from Argentina by force, now that both of them are dead it's time for Argentina to reclaim what belongs to them.

RiceProducers:


Ignorance.
Always been British. Argentina claimed it and invaded. Some of us were in University as it happened. You should at least have researched before posting nonsense

RiceProducers:


Ignorance.
Always been British. Argentina claimed it and invaded. Some of us were in University as it happened. You should at least have researched before posting nonsense

crestedaguiyi:


You can educate him without going overboard and let me ask you , did Argentina just wake up invade the island or your knowledge is limited to what the west told you through the msm

RiceProducers:


Ignorance.
Always been British. Argentina claimed it and invaded. Some of us were in University as it happened. You should at least have researched before posting nonsense

mysticwarrior:
Margaret thatcher and Queen Elizabeth were the ones who took the Falklands from Argentina by force, now that both of them are dead it's time for Argentina to reclaim what belongs to them.

RiceProducers:


Ignorance.
Always been British. Argentina claimed it and invaded. Some of us were in University as it happened. You should at least have researched before posting nonsense

ExudeLoveToAll:


You are distorting history.

Falklands have been a territory of the British long before the birth of Thatcher and Elizabeth II.

The British have been administering it since about 1833. The citation you made is when the Argentinean military invaded the island by force and was repelled by the British task force in 1982.

Mercury12:
Lol
The west hypocrisy though😂
Anything Russia do is bad but if they (The west ) did the same thing it is good lol.

If the Argentines want war and British won't mind it then so be it 😁
Argentina should be careful sha. I'm not sure they have strong allies.

Make water no go pass garri 😂😂😂

BidenDTrounce:

This was what he meant.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands
We understood. It's you and your colleague that's distorting history.

ExudeLoveToAll:



Continue to interpret what he meant. Assert yourself it's a tree world.

ExudeLoveToAll:


You are distorting history.

Falklands have been a territory of the British long before the birth of Thatcher and Elizabeth II.

The British have been administering it since about 1833. The citation you made is when the Argentinean military invaded the island by force and was repelled by the British task force in 1982.

ExudeLoveToAll:


You are right.

The British have been with the Falklands since 1833, the guy you quoted exhibited ignorance with pride

ExudeLoveToAll:


You are right.

The British have been with the Falklands since 1833, the guy you quoted exhibited ignorance with pride

BidenDTrounce:
Who wrote this for Buhari? Buhari is not that intelligent.
If it's Tinubu now, I know he's capable of writing this.

Nigeria's Buhari Slams 'Unfair' International Debt Architecture

Struggling with their external debt burden is one of the burning issues for many African countries. Many believe that the problem is that certain countries cannot timely service their foreign debt due to the unfair terms stipulated by international financial organizations, which forces them to seek restructuring in the first place.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has castigated today's international financial organizations and their "unfair" debt architecture as favoring only advanced nations.
He aligned with the United Nations Secretary-General’s description on the global financial system as an "unfair debt architecture that not only charges poor countries much more money to borrow on the market than advanced economies, but downgrades them when they even think of restructuring their debt or applying for debt relief."

Speaking at the UN Conference of Least Developed Countries held in Doha, Qatar, Buhari called on developed and developing nations to offer duty-free and quota-free market access to the 46 countries mentioned on the UN least-developed countries (LDC) list; most of these countries are African ones.

In line with the UN rules concerning the LDCs, the countries listed should be granted such benefits as preferential market access, technical assistance, aid, and capacity-building on technology.
Buhari went on to shine the spotlight on the mounting debt burden shouldered by least-developed countries and emphasized the need to reform the international financial architecture so that poor countries become its priority.

Given these conditions, the Nigerian leader continued, the possibility for many countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals "remains bleak."
The head of state also said the development of poor countries is often impeded by challenges which are outside their hands and beyond their control, and this corroborates the need of countries for assistance in unlocking their economic potential.

Buhari made these statements as Nigeria struggles its foreign debt burden.
According to Finance Minister of Nigeria Zainab Ahmed, the western African country spent nearly 80% of its revenue on servicing its debt between January and November 2022, which amounted to $11.3 billion.
Besides Nigeria, there is a host of African countries grappling with the same problem

According to a 2022 report by the World Bank, more than half of low-income countries of which most are African, cannot meet their obligations on paying foreign debts.
One of the listed countries is Ghana, in Africa’s west, whose foreign debt amounts to 58% of its total $37.4 billion public debt as of October 2022. That said, the country has been trying to achieve its external debt restructuring under the G20 Common Framework.
Along with Ghana, Zambia, in Africa’s south, is also pursuing debt restructuring, because the country is unable to pay its $13.04 billion external debt in a timely manner.

Earlier, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema lashed out at what he called "suicidal" interest rates comparing them to a "black mamba kiss of death".

Concerning the foreign debt trap problem, many African leaders have repeatedly urged African nations not to deal with international financial organizations due to "unfair" conditions.
For instance, touching upon the external loans of African nations in June 2022, Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo urged Africa to stop "begging" the West, emphasizing the key role of the African Development Bank and the Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) concerning the continent's development.

"If we stop being beggars and spend African money inside the continent, Africa will not need to ask for respect from anyone, we will get the respect we deserve. If we make it prosperous as it should be, respect will follow," he noted.

https://sputniknews.com/20230307/nigerias-buhari-slams-unfair-international-debt-architecture-1108140161.html

ParasiteWest:
There cannot be a right government until the West is put in their place. The interest of the West in developing countries is to make sure the developing countries remain impoverished so the citizens of those countries would find migration to the West for 'greener pastures' attractive where they're then exploited and exposed to modern day slavery. Their intent is to keep the West as a 'paradise' in the minds of the manipulated public. The West influenced the politics of Africa directly/indirectly. The right govt will get the 'Gaddafi treatment'