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Tory anger at Argentina 'blockade' of Falkland Islands
 Frank G posted this as well and added the following:Empress Evita wants the oil. Will get her ass handed to her...possibly? She's desperately trying to hide the collapse she and her husband have presided over. A Falklands action sounds like just what General Leopoldo Galtieri advised The Tories have called for Argentina's ambassador to be given a dressing down after Buenos Aires asserted control over the waters around the Falkland Islands. The move would effectively grant it the power to blockade the British-ruled archipelago in an escalation of the row over the disputed territory. You know the politicians in Argentina are desperate when they resort to the old Malvinas trick ... Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell, secretary of the all-party Parliamentary group on the Falklands, today called for Argentina's ambassador to be given a dressing down over the decree and told not to meddle in Falklands affairs. He said: 'I hope the Foreign Secretary will call the Argentine ambassador in an tell them this is unacceptable behaviour. It is 28 years since the Falklands War and it has been made clear to Argentina that they have no say over the Falkland Islands or their territorial waters and they should not try to interfere with them.' He added: 'Any attempt by Argentina to claim any sort of rights of sovereignty over that region is something we should take very seriously. I don't think we should appease Buenos Aires - we found out what happens last time.' It comes as relations between the two countries hit a new low earlier this month after it was revealed a contract to drill for oil in the East Falkland Basin had been awarded. Officials in Buenos Aires announced yesterday that all ships sailing to the Falkland Islands - known in Argentina as 'Ilas Malvinas' - through the waters claimed by South American country must hold a government permit. 'Any boat that wants to travel between ports on the Argentine mainland to the Islas Malvinas, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...must first ask for permission,' Cabinet chief Anibal Fernandez said. Posted by: Steve White 2010-02-18 |
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