Irina Chumakova. London has no doubt in the British ownership of the Falklands and expresses its decisive protest in connection with the statements of the President of Argentina over the Islands, said Last news Commissioner of the foreign Ministry of great Britain.

first he said that the Argentine Ambassador in London Alicia Castro yesterday was summoned to the foreign Ministry of Britain.

"The UK is not in doubt nor in his own sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and surrounding Maritime territory, or in the right of the inhabitants of the Falklands their own to determine their future. We Express our decisive protest in connection with the recent statement of the President of Argentina and the Argentine Ambassador in London was summoned to the foreign Ministry, " said Commissioner of the Ministry of foreign Affairs.

The Falkland Islands, or Malvinas as they are known in Argentina, the Islands are the subject of long-standing dispute between Argentina and Britain, which led in 1982 to armed conflict. Argentina " tried to gain a foothold on the Islands, which Britain controls since 1833. In the process of conflict cost the lives of 649 Argentines and 255 Britons. In a 72-day war against Britain won.

in 2013, the Falkland Islands held a referendum on political status, a Large number were in favour of the retention of the Islands status as a British territory.

at the end of March, the London increased military expenditures for the defense of the Islands and sent additional weapons.

before, when the British foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has tried to persuade Russia to return the Crimea to Ukraine, head of the state Duma on international Affairs Alexei Pushkov said that the Crimea more reason to stay out of Russia than the Falklands Islands from Britain.

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