20 de enero de 2016, 22:45Buenos Aires, Jan 20 (Prensa Latina) The meeting announced for Thursday in Davos, Switzerland, between Mauricio Macri and British Prime Minister David Cameron, generates today expectation in Argentina about if they discuss the issue of Malvinas (Falkland) Islands.
Before departing for Switzerland to participate in the International Economic Forum, also known as the Davos Forum, Macri said he wants to begin a new type of relation with Great Britain regarding the Malvinas Islands.
Some Argentinean media alluded that will be one of the main issues of the meeting that the President will hold with Cameron, but until now not one official source has confirmed it.
In statements he gave before departing to the British newspaper The Guardian, as Argentinean media report, Macri said he will continue to claim for sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, but he ‘awaits the mood of the dialogue may changeâ€Ã–, alluding to the tension existing during the Cristina Fernandez administration on this issue.
Ã�n Switzerland Macri will meet with David Cameron in an apparent defreeze in bilateral relationsâ€Ã–, referred The Guardian.
That same statement was made by the Argentineean President to dailies Le Monde (France), El Pais (Spain) and La Stampa (Italy).
‘I want to sit and start to talk on the subject and, meanwhile we look how to cooperateâ€Ã–, said Macri.
‘We have to be a predictable and reliable country. We have to show investors their rights will be respected, as well we will demand they comply with Argentinean lawsâ€Ã–, said the President to those papers.
On that same issue, daily Pagina 12 quoted statements made to the BBC by the leader of the British Labor Party, Jeremy Corbyn who described as ridiculous that London sustains a conflict with Argentina over the islands that stand facing the coasts of this country.
Corbyn suggested a diplomatic solution must be sought and regarding the kelpers (British inhabitants of the Islands), the directive sustained they should be a voice inside that dialogue process, which -he said- should be sensible.
The United Kingdom invaded and occupied the Malvinas and surrounding islands in January 1833;
expelled the Argentinean inhabitants, imposed a military authority and stimulated the settlement of British
farmers, today known as kelpers.
Since then, Buenos Aires claims the devolution of those island territories rich in natural reserves, minerals and hydrocarbons.
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