Argentina’s President Milei threatens international legal action over Falklands oilfield
- Argentine President Javier Milei said Argentina would seek international arbitration against the United Kingdom over the Sea Lion oil project near the Falkland Islands.
- Milei’s government gave the United Kingdom two weeks to stop work by Navitas Petroleum and Rockhopper Exploration or face a request for an emergency halt from an international maritime tribunal.
- The United Kingdom rejected Argentina’s sovereignty claim and defended the islanders’ right to decide their future and develop natural resources.
- Milei threatened sanctions and proposed prison terms of up to 20 years for unauthorized resource extraction near the islands.
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Argentina’s Milei threatens arbitration over Falklands oil project
Britain and Argentina fought a brief but bitter 10-week war in 1982 over the Falkland Islands, in which 255 British troops and 649 Argentines were killed. (EPA Images pic)BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's president Javier Milei threatened Monday to sue the UK over an oil project near the Falkland Islands, the British-administered territory over which Buenos Aires claims sovereignty.Britain and Argentina fought a brief but bitter 10-week war in 1982 over…
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Argentina threatens arbitration over Falklands Sea Lion oil project
Argentina has given the UK two weeks to stop work on the Sea Lion oil project near the Falkland Islands. The move sharpens the sovereignty battle as offshore production edges closer and political pressure rises.
Argentina initiated an international arbitration for an oil project near the Malvinas Islands, an area claimed by the Argentine Republic.
Casa Rosada claimed that Thales UK Limited operated air operations with a British-registered aircraft “without authorization from the Argentine authorities.” In addition, it gave a two-week period to the United Kingdom to stop activities related to the exploitation of hydrocarbons in the disputed area.
The government of Javier Milei announced that it is studying to take the United Kingdom to an international arbitration to stop the oil exploitation in Malvinas. This is alluding to Annex VIl of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. In a communiqué of the Chancellery of that country, they denounce alleged unauthorized flights between ... Continue reading "Argentina accuses British flights not allowed between Malvinas and Chile: th…
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