The Government of Argentina repudiates the visit of Princess Anne of the United Kingdom to the Malvinas islands

The Argentine Foreign Ministry has rejected the display of official activities of Princess Anne of the British Royal Household in the Falkland Islands to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the end of the war between the United Kingdom and the South American nation in 1982. 

Argentine Secretary for the Falkland Islands, Guillermo Carmona - @GRCARMONAC© Provided by News 360

"The Argentine Foreign Ministry rejects the display of official activities of Princess Anne of the British Royal Household in the Malvinas Islands, on the grounds that the same has been carried out in exercise of the illegal British occupation of the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas," reads a letter issued by the Argentine diplomacy.

In this sense, the Argentine Government has reiterated its call to London to resume negotiations on sovereignty over the islands in compliance with UN Resolution 2065 and other resolutions of the General Assembly and its Special Committee on Decolonization.

"It is time for the United Kingdom to comply with the mandate of the international community and put an end to the anachronistic colonial situation in those archipelagos, which are an integral part of the Argentine Republic," the country's Foreign Ministry has asserted.

Meanwhile, the Argentine Secretary of Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic, Guillermo Carmona, has criticized on his Twitter account the trip of the sister of King Charles III.

"Princess Anne, of the British Royal House, arrived in Argentina without warning. Her country is in breach of international law with its colonial presence in the South Atlantic against UN resolutions and world outcry. Perhaps that explains the discourtesy," said Carmona.

Argentina claims sovereignty over the Malvinas -- Falklands in the British nomenclature --, so it is usually wary of any gesture from the UK, even if it comes from the royal family. In 2016, it criticized the fact that Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, spent six weeks receiving military training in the archipelago.