UK rebuts Milei's claims about arms exports and Falklands

The authorities has denied claims from Argentina's president that the 2 countries are successful talks astir lifting an arms export prohibition that has been successful spot since the Falklands War.

A spokesperson said determination are "no circumstantial talks" taking place, aft Javier Milei told The Daily Telegraph negotiations with Britain were nether mode to assistance weapons export restrictions.

The government's argumentation since the Falklands War much than 40 years agone has been weapons with British parts are not allowed to beryllium exported to Argentina if they are judged to "enhance Argentine subject capability".

"There are nary satellite powers without subject power," Mr Milei told the newspaper, adding: "There is nary state that counts successful the planetary discourse if they can't support their borders."

He besides said helium wanted to spot the Falklands handed to Argentina via diplomatic means after antecedently saying helium would not relinquish the assertion to sovereignty implicit the islands, but wouldn't question struggle with the UK.

A authorities spokesperson rebutted this, too, saying: "Sovereignty of the Falkland Islands is not up for negotiation, and we volition support its close to self-determination.

"In 2013, the islanders held a referendum connected their future, with an overwhelming bulk choosing to stay portion of the UK."

But helium added: "More broadly, we look guardant to deepening our co-operation with Argentina crossed areas including trade, science, and civilization to present maturation for the British people."

Milei wants Starmer meeting

Mr Milei said helium plans to travel to Britain successful April oregon May adjacent twelvemonth and would similar to conscionable with Sir Keir Starmer and Reform's Nigel Farage.

The Argentina's cost-cutting docket has gone down good with Mr Farage and Tory person Kemi Badenoch, and helped animate the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency nether Elon Musk.

If helium makes the trip, it would marque him the archetypal Argentinian president to sojourn the UK since 1998.

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Mr Milei's comments travel aft Falkland Islanders told Sky News successful March that the threat posed by Argentina "has not changed".

Since the extremity of the conflict, determination has been a UK subject beingness connected the islands arsenic a deterrent to Argentina not to workout its continued assertion implicit the Falklands.

A 2,000-strong garrison of troops and a squadron of combatant jets and transport craft based astir the main airdrome astatine Mount Pleasant.

But Leona Roberts, a subordinate of the Falkland Islands legislative assembly, said: "Argentina is ever a spot of a shadiness implicit our shoulder."