The claim for Malvinas sovereignty is now being disputed on unexpected terrain. The Government took steps before the organizers of a Pan American Badminton tournament in Brazil, for what the “Stanley Badminton Club” team does not compete as a representative of a State, as a result of the claim by the Islands.
From the southern archipelago, The islanders demand the interference of the Government and denounce that Argentina wants to exclude them from the tournament that will begin this Thursday in Brazil. Criticisms from Twitter include that Argentina “does not even compete in the tournament.”
For their part, Foreign Ministry sources explain the Government’s position for the Pan-American Badminton tournament for men and women. According to this line, the consulates in Salvador de Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, and the embassy in Brazil led by Daniel Scioli are making “representations to the tournament organizers and the Brazilian authorities to emphasize that the Falkland Islands are not a State recognized by the international community”. It is precisely the “Santley Badminton Club” team that would compete as a representative of the “Falkland Islands”.
The Government’s claim warns that point to Brazil. “Express the rejection and concern of the Argentine Government in the face of this situation, which ignores the existence of a sovereignty dispute between the Argentine Republic and the United Kingdom recognized by the United Nations over the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime spaces “they warn.
By last, Faced with the complaint from the Islanders that the Government wants the club to change its name to Malvinas to compete, Foreign Ministry sources add: “the intention of the Chancellery is not for the” Stanley Badminton Club “club to modify its name or prevent its participation as a “sports club”It is simply the intention of the Argentine government to reaffirm that the Malvinas Islands are part of the Argentine national territory ”.
The government’s position makes a difference with the previous executive, mainly from the restoration of the Secretariat of affairs related to the Malvinas Islands, which was in charge of former senator Daniel Filmus.
In effect, this claim once again marks a distance with London and the Islands. For example, a publication warns that in January there was no meeting of the Scientific Subcommittee of the South Atlantic Fisheries Commission. In reserve, the Government admitted that they wanted to reverse some points of the joint communiqué signed with the United Kingdom. For example: “adopt the appropriate measures to remove all obstacles that limit the economic growth and sustainable development of the Falkland Islands, including trade, fishing, navigation and hydrocarbons.”
Currently, there are other points to discuss with the UK. One of them is the future relationship, after Brexit, which can open the door to bilateral agreements. In fact, the last week there was a meeting that went unnoticed and had little to do with Malvinas. The director for the Americas of the British Foreign Ministry, Hugo Shorter, met with the Chief of Staff, Santiago Cafiero, and the vice, Cecilia Todesca. He also held a meeting with the Minister of Productive Development, Matías Kulfas. A different agenda from the one that Filmus manages.
The claim for Malvinas is reactivated. And now, through the Badminton tournament in Brazil that starts today. According to Foreign Ministry sources, the consulates in Salvador de Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, and the embassy in Brazil (led by Daniel Scioli) are making “representations to the tournament organizers and the Brazilian authorities to emphasize that the Malvinas Islands are not a State recognized by the international community “. It is precisely the “Santley Badminton Club” team that would compete as a representative of the “Falkland Islands”.
The Government’s claim warns that point to Brazil. “To express the rejection and concern of the Argentine Government in the face of this situation, which is unaware of the existence of a sovereignty dispute between the Argentine Republic and the United Kingdom recognized by the United Nations over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime spaces “, they warned.
Finally, before the Islanders’ complaint that the Government wants the club to change its name to Malvinas to compete, Foreign Ministry sources added: “the intention of the Chancellery is not for the” Stanley Badminton Club “club to modify its name or to prevent their participation as a “sports club”, it is simply the intention of the Argentine government to reaffirm that the Malvinas Islands are part of the Argentine national territory “.
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