Historic map of the Falklands/Malvinas by thejourney1972 (South America addicted), on Flickr
Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor Timerman, who arrived in London on Monday 4th February to begin talks with the UK government about the sovereignty of the island, affirmed this morning that Argentina “does not want to sanction, but only to improve the life of the inhabitants of the islands”.
This relatively amicable statement comes after the controversy coming from the refusal of Timmerman to have any contact with the representative of the British population residing in the Islands.
At the same time, Timerman questioned again this morning the companies that drill oil in the islands zone. He said that Argentina has the intention of sanctioning the companies that operate in the South Atlantic. “They are stealing natural resources,” Timmerman said.
In reaction to Timerman’s statement yesterday, the islanders answered with irony, via Twitter, saying “it was more probable for Argentina to plant a flag on the moon in the next twenty years than in the islands.”
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