The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has put forward a UN resolution that sets a precedent for the Argentine claim of the Falklands – Telam

The Foreign Ministry has emphasized the approval by the United Nations General Assembly of a resolution calling on the United Kingdom "to end the colonial administration of the archipelago "Chagos", located in the Indian Ocean, and which constitutes an antecedent in the claim of Argentina for the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands.

The Chagos Archipelago was separated from Mauritius before independence, and its main island, Diego Garcia, was leased to the United States for a military base.

"The Republic of Mauritius, since its independence in 1968, claims the recovery of this territory." In February 2019, the International Court of Justice concluded that the decolonization of that country had not been legally completed because its integrity had not been respected. of his people, "said a statement issued by the San Martin Palace.

The General Assembly voted yesterday by a large majority in favor of this opinion of the highest court of the United Nations and "this decision is a victory for Mauritius and a very positive precedent for countries like Argentina and its people, which have also been deprived of the full exercise of its sovereignty over a part of its territory which remains subject to illegitimate and illegal colonial occupation, "he added.