Falklands and Hector Timerman

Argentina: Cameron was in Brussels ahead of key meetings with other European leaders on EU reform.A Downing Street spokesperson said: At the dinner, the prime minister robustly defended the Falklands and the islanders’ right to self-determination in response to the Argentine Foreign Minister raising the issue, according to Russia Today. UK, Argentina summon each other ambassadors as Falklands/Malvinas row worsens The prime minister underlined that the islanders had expressed their view in a referendum and that should be respected. Hector Timerman is reported to have challenged the PM during a dinner event. He went on to add that the waters around the Falklands were territorial waters and it was unacceptable of Argentina to threaten investors seeking to operate there. In a statement, the Argentine embassy called the British claim an anachronistic colonial situation and said possession of the South Atlantic archipelago remained an unrelinquished objective of the Argentine people. In 1982, the two nations contested the islands – also known as Las Malvinas – in a short, vicious war in which 659 Argentinians, 255 British military personnel and 3 islanders died. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.