Islas Malvinas: EU signs deal using Falklands' Argentine name
Source: The Guardian
Islas Malvinas: EU signs deal using Falklands’ Argentine name
UK asks bloc to clarify position after Buenos Aires declare ‘triumph’ over use of term in declaration
Nadeem Badshah
Thu 20 Jul 2023 00.02 BST
Last modified on Thu 20 Jul 2023 02.30 BST
Forty-one years after the Falklands war, the UK has suffered a diplomatic defeat over the archipelago as the EU appeared to endorse the Argentine name for the disputed territory, Islas Malvinas.
Brussels supported an Argentina-backed declaration referring to Islas Malvinas at a summit of EU leaders with Latin America and the Caribbean (Celac) leaders on Tuesday, which Buenos Aires called a “diplomatic triumph”.
On Wednesday, British diplomats requested that the European Council president, Charles Michel, “clarify” the bloc’s position.
However, citing Brexit, an EU official reportedly told the Financial Times: “This was agreed by 27 member states and the Celac countries.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/20/islas-malvinas-brexit-cited-as-eu-endorses-falklands-argentine-name