Argentina’s Milei says UN ‘looking the other way’ on Falkland Islands
- Argentina steps up its Las Malvinas claim as tensions with the United Kingdom grow over offshore oil drilling.
- Argentine President Javier Milei has accused the United Nations of “looking the other way” on Argentina’s long-standing dispute with the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands, known to Argentines as Las Malvinas.
- Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Milei called the islands a “national cause” and took aim at British-backed plans to extract oil from waters Argentina claims as its own.
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- Argentina steps up its Las Malvinas claim as tensions with the United Kingdom grow over offshore oil drilling.
- Argentine President Javier Milei has accused the United Nations of “looking the other way” on Argentina’s long-standing dispute with the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands, known to Argentines as Las Malvinas.
- Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Milei called the islands a “national cause” and took aim at British-backed plans to extract oil from waters Argentina claims as its own.
Sources: Al Jazeera