Argentina has vowed to gain 'full sovereignty' of the Falkland Islands after the UK gave up control of a remote archipelago in return for securing the future of a strategically important military base.
Argentina has vowed to gain "full sovereignty" of the Falkland Islands after the UK gave up control of a remote archipelago in return for securing the future of a strategically important military base. The country's foreign minister, Diana Mondino, welcomed the step taken by Sir Keir Starmer's Government on Thursday towards ending "outdated practices" after Britain returned the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
Human rights campaigners, who have called for full reparations to generations affected by the forcible displacement of islanders, argued the deal does not go far enough to address the wrongs of the past. Chagossians were forced to leave the central Indian Ocean territory by 1973 to make way for the military base. The expulsions are regarded as one of the most shameful parts of Britain's modern colonial history and Chagossians have spent decades fighting to return to the islands.
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