Downing Street Shuts Down Argentina’s Call for Falklands Sovereignty Talks

UK ministers have said they won’t revisit the issue of the Falkland Islands and consider it “non-negotiable,” following calls from Argentina’s new president for talks over the sovereignty rights to the archipelago. The newly-elected Javier Milei has been suggesting that Argentina should get the Falklands back through “diplomatic channels,” having lost the war over the islands more than 40 years ago. Argentina has been continuously claiming the British-run islands in the South Atlantic, over which the two countries fought a war in 1982. The Malvinas—the Argentine name for the Falkland Islands—belong to Argentina, said Mr. Milei during a TV election debate. He said Buenos Aires will make “every effort to recover the islands.”...