British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has reaffirmed the UK's "absolute and unshakeable" commitment to the Falkland Islands after Argentine President Javier Milei reiterated Argentina's claim to the territory overnight.
"The Falklands are British because Falkland Islanders choose to be British," Streeting wrote in a post on X on Friday morning, adding that Milei's statement showed "more about domestic politics in Argentina than it does about the Falkland Islands."
Milei had said on Thursday that "winds of change" were beginning to favour Argentina's claim to the Falklands as he touted US President Donald Trump's recent suggestion that Washington could reconsider its neutral position on the islands - which have been at the centre of a long running and bloody dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom.
"President Trump recently stated that the United States is reevaluating its historical position regarding Las Malvinas," the right-wing leader said in a TV address, using the Argentine name for the islands.
"This threat is not to be taken lightly," he continued, adding: "Winds of change are blowing across the world in favor of our cause."
