UK asks bloc to clarify position after Buenos Aires declares ‘triumph’ over use of term in declaration

Forty-one years after the Falklands war, the UK has suffered a diplomatic defeat over the archipelago as the EU appeared to endorse the Argentine name for the disputed territory, Islas Malvinas.

Brussels supported an Argentina-backed declaration referring to Islas Malvinas at a summit of EU leaders with Latin America and the Caribbean (Celac) leaders on Tuesday, which Buenos Aires called a “diplomatic triumph”.

  • Tvkan@feddit.deEnglish
    51·
    1 year ago

    But it’s also a clear symbol of EU priorities. They had the option to piss one of them off, and apparently Argentina had more to offer.