Argentina breaks UK island pact

(RT) ⸻ Argentina has formally renounced a 2016 deal with the UK regarding the disputed Falklands/Malvinas islands in the South Atlantic, the site of a bloody 1982 conflict. Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero informed his British counterpart, James Cleverly, of the decision at their meeting in New Delhi, India, on the sidelines of the G20 summit. Argentina has proposed to resume negotiations on the question of sovereignty, in compliance with the mandate of the UN General Assembly and the world body's Committee on Decolonization. Cleverly responded that the Falkland Islands are British and have chosen to remain a self-governing UK Overseas Territory. Minister for the Americas David Rutley called the decision "disappointing" and accused Argentina of choosing to "step away from an agreement that has brought comfort to the families of those who died in the 1982 conflict." Argentina and the UK fought a ten-week war over the islands in 1982, which claimed almost 1,000 lives and ended in a British victory. A nonbinding UN General Assembly resolution from 1965 called on both countries not to make unilateral changes in the dispute over the islands.