Argentina’s push for the Falklands comes to the Dominican Republic capital
17th February 2012
British warship Plymouth in the conflict. Photo naval-history.net/
Santo Domingo. – Argentina Foreign Relations minister Héctor Timerman arrived in the Dominican Republic Thursday to garner the Caribbean nation’s support for Buenos Aires’ claim over the Falklands islands, EFE reports.
The diplomat’s visit to president Leonel Fernandez forms part of a tour of Central America and the Caribbean while his country denounces Great Britain’s alleged militarization of the disputed islands o the UN, said a source cited by newspaper Nuevo Diario.
Timerman will meet with Fernandez in the National Palace at 12:00 noon today, and hold a press conference in his country’s embassy in the afternoon.
In Dominican Republic, Timerman expects to confirm Fernandez’s support for the Argentine cause of reclaiming the Falklands, Las Malvinas in Spanish, through dialogue and with the UN’s mediation.
Fernandez has urged Latin America to assume as its own "Argentina’s push for sovereignty over the Falklands."
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The people living in the Falklands are British, this has been the case for nearly 200 years, they have said over and over again, they do not want to be part of Argentina.
The actual people of Argentina get on well with Britain and its people. Yes it is all about money power and oil......
No more wars and needless deaths of the people of either country. Neither want it!
I think there are enough wars going on the world today.
I doubt the President here, Leonel Fernandez will get involved, he has too much investment and tourists coming in from Britain.