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Veterans from the Falkland War have gathered outside the British Embassy in Buenos Aires to mark the 180th anniversary of the British occupation of the Falkland Islands.
The veterans delivered a letter addressed to the British Ambassador in Argentina, John Freeman, criticizing the British government for refusing to discuss the sovereignty of the islands with the Argentine government.
The demonstration took place as Argentina’s president called on Britain to relinquish control of the Islands, which Argentina calls the Malvinas.
A girl sits beside a sign with the image of a soldier, during a protest of Argentine Falklands
War veterans outside the British Embassy in Buenos Aires.
President Cristina Fernandez published an open letter in the Guardian, urging Prime Minister David Cameron to honor UN resolutions that she says back her case for the return of the islands. But Cameron rebuffed the Argentine president’s demand.
Cameron said, "The future of the Falkland Islands should be determined by the Falkland Islanders themselves, the people who live there. Whenever they’ve been asked their opinion they’ve said they want to maintain their current status with the United Kingdom. They’re holding a referendum this year, and I hope the president of Argentina will listen to that referendum and recognize it’s for the Falkland Islanders to choose their future, and as long as they choose to stay with the United Kingdom, they have my 100 percent backing."
Argentine Falklands War veterans walk toward the British Embassy in Buenos Aires.
An Argentine Falklands War veteran wears an Argentine flag with maps of the Falkland Islands.
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