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Milei described the claim as non-negotiable and said his government has achieved the greatest diplomatic progress since 1983 toward placing the archipelago under Argentine administration
Argentine President Javier Milei said on Monday that his government's alignment with the United States will advance Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falklands, in remarks to Radio Mitre.
The United States has changed its strategic view of the world, he said, and needs a reliable ally on the passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Argentina meets those conditions, and that is the key that will allow it to recover the islands. No public statement from Washington supports that reading: the US position on the sovereignty dispute has historically been one of neutrality.
Milei described the claim as non-negotiable and said his government has achieved the greatest diplomatic progress since 1983 toward placing the archipelago, along with South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands and surrounding maritime areas, under Argentine administration. That is the president's own assessment.
