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title: "Argentina asks UK to resume negotiations over Falklands"
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# Argentina asks UK to resume negotiations over Falklands

> The Argentinian government has again asked the United Kingdom to restart negotiations over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, the Argentinian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

By Reuters · Published 3 March 2023, 06:00 SAST · Updated 3 March 2023, 03:25 SAST

## Content

The request to resume talks is the [latest chapter](https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL1N2ZP01O&linkedFromStory=true) in Argentina's long-held claim over the British-run islands, which included the 1982 war. The islands are located in the South Atlantic about 600 kilometres from the Argentinian mainland.

Argentina's Foreign Minister, Santiago Cafiero, "formulated a proposal to restart negotiations for sovereignty over the Falklands Question" in a meeting with his British counterpart James Cleverly during a summit in India, the Foreign Ministry said.

The Argentinian government also invited the UK to "hold a meeting to settle" the debate at the United Nations.

British foreign minister Cleverly responded in a tweet: "The Falkland Islands are British. Islanders have the right to decide their own future - they have chosen to remain a self-governing UK Overseas Territory."

A 2013 referendum on the islands, known as Las Islas Malvinas in Spanish, resulted in a 99.8% vote to remain British.

*(Reporting by Maximilian Heath in Buenos Aires; Additional Reporting by Alistair Smout in London; Writing by Isabel Woodford; Editing by Matthew Lewis.)*