It Chancellery say to British ambassador in Argentina kirsty hayes a formal protest and the government’s rejection of the country’s intentions from “introducing a new military actor” in the Falkland Islands, referring to the possible presence of Kosovo troops. The call to Hayes was made on Tuesday, as reported today by Télam’s agency.
In this way, the Palace of San Martin refers to “an announcement published in the media regarding the alleged Kosovo assembly which has decided to send up to seven members of the Kosovo Security Forces (KBS) to the Malvinas Islands, in order to peace support operation pursuant to the agreement signed with Great Britain on the incorporation of KBS personnel into the British infantry at Malvinas”.
The Foreign Office summoned Hayes on Tuesday afternoon “to convey to him the Argentine government’s strong rejection of Britain’s intention to introduce a new military actor in Malvinas, “the part of Argentine territory unlawfully occupied by that country.”
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It Falklands Secretary, Antarctica and the South Atlantic, William Karmona, and the Undersecretary of State, Claudo Rozencwaig, presented an “official letter of protest” to the ambassador.
Officials told diplomats that “military initiative conducted by England is a unwarranted show of force.
They also stressed that it meant “a deliberate departure from the calls for various resolutions of the UN General Assembly and other international forums urging Argentina and the UK to continue negotiations, to find peaceful and definitive solution to sovereign disputes involving both countries in the Malvinas Islands Issue”.
Falkland Islands they were succeeded in 1833 by the United Kingdom and, despite UN Resolution 2065 in 1965, the United Kingdom refused to sit down on “sovereignty disputes”.
In the framework of summons, the officials indicated that initiative” specifically contradicts Resolution 31/49 of the General Assembly of United Nations, who urges both parties (Argentina and the United Kingdom) to refrain from adopting unilateral decisions requiring the introduction of a change in situation while the Islands are undergoing the negotiation process recommended by the Assembly itself”.
“In the same way – the statement points out – it contradicts General Assembly Resolution 41/11 (Zone of Peace and Cooperation in the South Atlantic) which, among other provisions, urges States of all other territories, in particular States militarily important, to highly respect the South Atlantic region as a zone of peace and cooperation, particularly by reducing and ultimately eliminating their military presence in the region”.
Similarly, Carmona and Rozencwaig add that “an extra-regional military presence on the archipelago is categorically contrary to the permanent desire of the Argentine Republic to resolve the dispute by peaceful means, in accordance with international law and relevant UN resolutions.” .
In parallel, they reaffirmed “once again Argentina’s sovereignty over the Malvinas, South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, and the adjacent maritime space, which form an integral part of the national territory of the Argentine Republic and, unlawfully occupied by the British Empire from Great Britain and Northern Ireland.” “.
In this context, the officials recalled that Malvinas “is the subject of a sovereignty dispute recognized by the United Nations through Resolution 2065 and later the General Assembly, as well as other international organizations and forums, and reaffirmed the disposition of the Government of Argentina to continue negotiations to resolve the dispute on an international basis. peace”.
Through his Twitter account, Carmona said that the announcement of the participation of Kosovar troops in the military exercises in Malvinas “This is an unacceptable provocation.”
“That’s why we summoned the British ambassador in Argentina to formalize our protest,” he explained. “Britain must respect international lawdemilitarize our islands, refrain from engaging in unilateral actions as we protest on this occasion, and continue negotiations for sovereignty,” claimed the secretary of Malvinas, Antarctica and the South Atlantic.
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