Conflict in the South Atlantic
Military maneuvers in the Falkland Islands. Photo: British Army.
2021.01.07 | Buenos Aires
Agustn Larre
the Stationery Argentina issued a statement in which they make clear their “strong rejection” of new military exercises in the Falkland Islands. The communiqué denounces the participation of soldiers of the Grenadier Guards and the Scottish guards in conjunction with forces of the Royal Artillery (RA) and the Royal Air Force (RAF, by the acronyms in English of Royal Air Force), Which are part of the UK military deployment in the Falkland Islands.
According to the Chancellery, the British military presence “contradicts the resolution 41/11 from UN General Assembly (South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone) which, among other provisions, urges the states of all other regions, especially the militarily important states, to scrupulously respect the South Atlantic region as a peace zone. and cooperation, in particular by reducing and eventually eliminating its military presence in that region. “
The Argentine government stated that these operations constitute “an unjustified show of strength and a deliberate departure from the calls of the numerous resolutions of the United Nations and other international bodies, urging both Argentina and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations, in order to find a peaceful and final solution to the sovereignty dispute involving both countries in the Question of the Falkland Islands”.
The British posture
According to the British Forces of the South Atlantic (Bfsai, For the acronym in English) in recent days a maneuver of “Demonstration of penetration” was carried out, which was attended by the commodore Jonathan Lett, Commander of the Bfsai.
British forces said that “the demonstration provided attendees with a greater understanding of a variety of weapon systems, types of ammunition and their effects on a large number of different surfaces.”
They also argued that these maneuvers correspond to a continuous training of all troops with small arms, from melee combat to live fire tactical training.
Second confrontation in six months
Last July, Argentina had made public its rejection of another military exercise on the islands. On that occasion, a joint exercise had been carried out in which he intervened: the patrol boat HMS Forth, the British Infantry Company A and the aircraft A400M next to the Typhoons from 1435 Vol of the RAF.
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