Argentina wants to talk about Falkland Islands

Argentina wants to talk about Falkland Islands

World January 3, 2016 22:28

- Argentina will again attempt the Falklands adding to its territory. The government of the South American country made Sunday know to want to talk with Britain over the legal status of the archipelago which is in British hands since 1833. Both countries introduced in 1982 a brief war over the archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about 400 kilometers off the coast of southern Argentina. In that war were then about 900 deaths.

Argentina underlined the will to achieve a peaceful solution to the conflict and invites the UK to resume talks , according to the Argentine Foreign Ministry Sunday.

The inhabitants of the archipelago spoke to a survey in 2013 in large majority to remain in Britain. The island group, known in Spanish Malvinas, has an area of ​​over 12 000 square kilometers and has about 3 000 inhabitants.

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