Argentine President Javier Milei intensified his country's claim to the Falkland Islands on September 4, 2026, threatening sanctions on oil companies and citing Donald Trump's suggestion that the U.S. might reconsider its support for British sovereignty. Britain reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to the territory.
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Argentine President Javier Milei escalated his country’s dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands on Thursday, vowing new measures to halt an oil project near the British-controlled archipelago and praising US President Donald Trump for saying Washington could reconsider its neutral stance on the islands’ sovereignty. Milei cast Trump’s comments as proof that his close relationship with the
Argentine President Javier Milei is escalating a dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands with tougher sanctions targeting companies involved in a major offshore oil project
Argentina's President Javier Milei has renewed the country's claim to the Falkland Islands and threatened sanctions on oil companies.
Argentine President Javier Milei said he would sanction oil companies drilling in the Falkland Islands, the British overseas territory claimed by Argentina, in a move which could escalate tensions with London. Milei's comments in a televised national address on Thursday came days after US President Donald Trump said he was reviewing the United States' neutral position on the remote archipelago
Britain insisted Friday that the Falkland Islands "are British" after Argentine President Javier Milei suggested the "winds of change" now favoured his country's claim to the archipelago, citing Washington's readiness to reconsider its neutrality in the dispute. The islands' fate returned to the headlines after US President Donald Trump threatened to wade into the dispute, while a British-Israeli
Argentina’s President Javier Milei has stepped up his country’s claim over the Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory, shortly after Trump said the U.S. position on the matter was under review.
President Javier Milei says sovereignty over the islands remains a national objective.