Argentina has complained to the British ambassador in Buenos Aires over military exercises including missile launches which the UK is planning to hold next week in the Falkland Islands. Argentina’s government says it was informed by Britain that the exercises will be held between 19 and 28 October, and will include the launching of Rapier missiles. In the note presented by the deputy foreign minister, Carlos Foradori, to Ambassador Mark Kent on Friday, Argentina asked Britain to call off the “illegitimate” exercises. Argentina’s foreign minister, Susana Malcorra, later walked back the remarks after Britain denied that the issue of sovereignty had come up. It said the exercises “contradict the principle of peaceful conflict resolution” and called the Falklands “Argentinian territory illegitimately occupied by the United Kingdom”.

Source: The Guardian October 14, 2016 20:13 UTC