The national government today urged the UK to continue negotiations on the sovereignty of the Malvinas, South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime space, after London declared its intention to comply with its international obligations and negotiated with the Republic of Mauritius the return of the Chagos archipelago, under its rule since 1965.

A new call to the UK to resume negotiations was made via Twitter by the Secretary of Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic of Argentina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guillermo Carmona, highlighting Downing Street’s recent decision to comply with resolution 2066 of the United Nations Assembly General ordering an end. British control of the Chagos Islands, located in the middle of the Indian Oceanand that the disputed island group be returned to Mauritius.

In a statement released this afternoon, the island government said the UK government informed Parliament that London and Mauritius authorities had agreed to start negotiations on the islands’ sovereignty. But he warned that it was a decision “does not represent a broader change in UK foreign policy in relation to the Falkland Islands” (Malvinas)”. “Modern relations” between London and the islands, the note said, “are based on shared values ​​and the right of the islanders to determine their own future.”

The islands’ Legislative Assembly, at the same time, said the situation was “incomparable” and that “The Argentine government might try to use this opportunity to support its colonial aspirations” “The decisions made regarding the Chagos Islands, while related to sovereignty, cannot be compared to the Falkland Islands (Falkland), the inscription says. And remember that a referendum held in 2013 expressed the islanders’ desire “to remain part of the British overseas family, when 99.8% voted for the islands to continue as a self-governing British overseas territory”.

“Amazing day”

“Today is a transcendental day for all those who are fighting to end colonialism in all its forms and who, like our country for more than 189 years, are defending their legitimate sovereign rights,” Carmona wrote on social networks after learning of Britain’s decision, to later comment. that “In the same way, they must comply with resolution 2065 on the Malvinas Question.”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs official analyzed, in this sense, that “the path followed by the Republic of Mauritius, using all the tools offered by international relations and international law, the same thing that has been promoted by the international community and our country for the Malvinas Islands Problem”. The official celebrated this “victory of justice, peace and international law over the stubbornness of colonial powers” and emphasized: “We reiterate, once again, the call to the UK to resume sovereignty negotiations over the Malvinas Question.”

Carmona assessed that the progress made in Mauricio’s claim to sovereignty over Chagos should encourage Argentina to continue to “take advantage of the opportunities offered by the international community to achieve the goal of restoring full exercise of sovereignty over the Malvinas”, understanding that “with this precedent, today we are closer ”

In June this year, and within the framework of a session dedicated exclusively to discussing the Malvinas Problem at the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization in New York, Secretary of State Santiago Cafiero made a strong demand that the UK continue negotiating a bilateral agreement with our country to find a peaceful solution. and definitive for sovereignty disputes on the islands, as defined by the UN mandate and as requested by many multilateral organizations.

“The world cannot remain indifferent to the goal of changing stability in Latin America and the Caribbean, one of the most consolidated regions of peace on the planet. It is time for Britain to listen to the international community and continue negotiations to reach a peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute with the Argentine Republic,” Cafiero said on the occasion, urging London “not to fear peace” and to “lose the fear of dialogue in international law.” ”

With information from Telam