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UK restates unwavering Falklands support after Milei claim
BBC News··4 Sept
Downing Street said UK Falklands support is unwavering after Javier Milei again called the islands historically and legally Argentinian. A No 10 spokesperson said Andy Burnham supports islanders remaining a British overseas territory. Milei pledged sanctions on Sea Lion oil firms. Rockhopper and Navitas said licences stand, first oil due in 2028. In 2013, 99.8 percent voted to stay British.
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What It Means For You
- UK ministers restated that islander self-determination remains the basis of British policy.
- Oil firms say their Falklands licences and 2028 first-oil timetable are unchanged.
- Argentina already has a law allowing restrictions on unauthorised island oil projects.
What's Happening
- Milei said the islands are historically and legally Argentinian and rejected islander self-determination.
- He threatened sanctions on companies planning to exploit oil near the islands.
- Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the UK would resolutely uphold islander self-determination.
What Milei said about Sea Lion
- In the 2013 referendum, 99.8 percent voted to remain a British overseas territory, with three votes against.
- Rockhopper Exploration and Navitas Petroleum plan Sea Lion extraction within two years, first oil in 2028.
- Sea Lion lies about 130 miles from the islands and holds an estimated 1.7 billion barrels, Rockhopper said.
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