Argentina's Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno has called for diplomatic talks over the Falkland Islands, asserting that islanders cannot unilaterally determine the sovereignty of the archipelago. Quirno made these statements in an article published in the Argentine newspaper La Nación, in which he reaffirmed Argentina's longstanding territorial claim to the islands.
In his remarks, Quirno rejected the validity of a 2013 referendum held on the islands, in which residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of remaining under British sovereignty. The foreign minister argued that the question of sovereignty over the archipelago cannot be resolved solely through a vote by the island's population, positioning this as a matter requiring broader international negotiation rather than local determination.
The statement represents Argentina's continued diplomatic stance on the disputed territory, which lies in the South Atlantic approximately 300 miles east of Argentina's coast. Argentina has long contested British control of the islands, claiming them as part of its national territory, while Britain maintains sovereignty based on continuous occupation and the islanders' expressed wishes to remain under British rule.
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