Argentina’s president has announced he will discuss the “sacred” issue of the Falkland Islands this week, after the US said it would “revise” its position on the disputed archipelago.
Far-right Javier Milei said in a message to
“What case is more important and strategic to the vital interests of the nation than the Malvinas case?,” he wrote.
Mr Milei’s ominous message comes just days after the US president Donald Trump said he would not rule out a revision of Washington’s traditionally neutral position on the disputed territory.
When Trump was asked on Monday whether the US was reviewing its position on the Falklands, he told reporters: “I always review every position. That’s just one of many.’
Mr. Milei welcomed Mr. Trump’s comments on the review of Washington’s traditional neutrality on the dispute.
Argentina calls the South Atlantic archipelago Las Malvinas and tried unsuccessfully to wrest it from British control in 1982.
Another threat to British sovereignty over the Falklands comes in the form of a lawsuit announced by Argentine groups on Tuesday. halt a British-Israeli offshore oil project.
Far-right Javier Milei (pictured) said he will speak in a televised speech on the ‘SACRED issue for Argentinians: the case of Malvinas’
Argentina calls the South Atlantic archipelago Las Malvinas and tried unsuccessfully to wrest it from British control in 1982 (File image)
The British Rockhopper Exploration is involved in the so-called Sea Lion oil field Israel‘s Navitas Petroleum, which wants to set up a large-scale oil operation about 140 miles from the Falklands, according to the war veterans and environmental lawyers who are suing to stop the project.
The project violates a United Nations resolution stating that unilateral actions should be avoided while a territorial dispute is ongoing, the plaintiffs said.
Although the project is being carried out in a British-controlled area, they claim that a decision by local courts could affect its progress.
The complaint aims to ensure that the companies “refrain from starting and/or continuing operations… and from initiating the extraction and exploitation of hydrocarbons,” lawyer Enrique Viale told AFP.
The Falklands issue remains painful for many Argentinians.
During the World Cup semi-final against England in July, some Argentine footballers held up a banner reading ‘Las Malvinas are Argentinians’ after beating their foe 2-1.
After the screening, a spokesperson for the British Prime Minister’s office in Downing Street responded: “The World Cup may not be ours, but the Falkland Islands certainly are.”
Mount Tumbledown stands high behind Stanley in the Falkland Islands on March 16, 2026
Britain and Argentina fought over the islands in 1982, after Argentina made a failed attempt to take them
Donald Trump warned that the US position on the Falkland Islands is under review
Argentine forces attempted to take control of the Falklands in 1982, leading Britain’s then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to send a naval task force to reclaim them.
The war killed 649 Argentinians, 255 British and three islanders.
Ben Obese-Jecty, the Tory MP for Huntingdon, said on X this morning: ‘Andy Burnham will attend the UN General Assembly next week, where Javier Milei reiterated Argentina’s claim to sovereignty last year.
“Moving forward, and strengthened by the current US position, Milei continues to reach out to the Falkland Islands and announces a national broadcast for tomorrow evening.
“The new Prime Minister and Foreign Minister must vigorously challenge Milei on these claims, which their predecessors meekly ignored.”
MP James Cartlidge, Shadow Defense Secretary, said: ‘The Falklands are British and will remain British.
‘British soldiers fought and died to defend our sovereignty and the freedom of the Falkland Islanders.
‘That sacrifice will never be forgotten, and we will always stand with the people of the Falklands and their overwhelming desire to remain British.’
