Internal email proposes US should reassess support for UK claim to islands because of lack of support for Iran war
The UK’s position on the Falklands is resolute and unchanging, Downing Street has insisted, after a leaked Pentagon internal email proposed the US should reassess its support for Britain’s claim to the islands because of a lack of support over Iran.
Keir Starmer’s spokesperson did not push back against the likely veracity of the email but insisted that the UK’s defence and security relationship with the US remained extremely strong.
The memo, reported on by Reuters, argues that the US could review a policy of endorsing European claims to longstanding “imperial possessions”, and highlighted sovereignty over the Falklands, the subject of the 1982 war between Britain and Argentina.
It was drawn up in response to White House frustration that other members of Nato did not provide sufficient support for the US-led 38-day bombing campaign against Iran.
