Argentina · Defense
Key Facts
—The protest. Argentina delivered a formal protest to Britain over the transit of the patrol ship HMS Medway near the Falklands.
—The complaint. Buenos Aires says London should have given at least 48 hours’ notice of the ship’s movement toward the Strait of Magellan.
—The rebuttal. The UK rejected the protest, calling it a legal, planned and pre-notified navigation supporting the British Antarctic Survey.











