Falkland Islands: Argentina Ambassador Says Self-Determination 'Does Not Apply' To Territory [View all]

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Speaking at a discussion on Anglo-Argentine relations hosted by the London School of Economics on Thursday evening, Alicia Castro said "the principle of self-determination does not apply to the special and particular colonial case" of the Falklands.

"Our government is well-known for policies of human rights. Argentina supports in general the principle of self-determination as established by the UN charter but not every human community is considered to possess this right [of self-determination]," she said.

She told her audience that Argentina was "very unhappy to have a colonial enclave in the south of our continent". The dispute between the UK and Argentina over the sovereignty of those islands, she said, was a "clash of principles".

The ambassador issued a warning on the UK's alleged deployment of a nuclear submarine in the region, describing it as tantamount to using "weapons of mass destruction".