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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Jujemay Awit

UK Slams Argentina's Falklands Oil 'Intimidation' as Milei Government Takes Drilling Dispute to Tribunal

Aerial view of wind turbines on East Falkland, which is part of the disputed territory (Credit: Klajdi Cena/Pexels)

The United Kingdom has strongly condemned Argentina's escalating legal campaign against oil exploration in the Falkland Islands under President Javier Milei. Argentina filed a 49-page Request for the Prescription of Provisional Measures with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to stop ongoing oil development in the area.

'Through these proceedings, Argentina aims to protect sovereign rights over the continental shelf under UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) pending the settlement of the territorial sovereignty dispute, which remains unsettled due to the persistent refusal of the United Kingdom to resolve it,' the Argentine request stated.

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