Argentina calls on Cameron to reopen Falklands talks

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Source: BBC

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has urged new UK Prime Minister David Cameron to hold talks over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. The two countries went to war in 1982 after Argentina invaded, with UK forces retaking the territory after a short but bloody conflict.

Mrs Fernandez made her call at the EU-Latin America summit in Madrid.

Foreign Office minister Jeremy Browne said the UK had "no doubt" about its right to sovereignty. "The principle of self determination as set out in the UN charter applies," he said in a statement.

And only last week, the new UK Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government rejected a call by Mrs Fernandez to halt the oil exploration being carried out by British companies. One firm, Rockhopper Exploration, has said that initial data collected from a well "indicated an oil discovery" in the North Falkland Basin.

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